ICSA-18-088-03: Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7, SIMATIC WinCC, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional, and SIMATIC NET PC Software (Update G)
CISA advisory · released 2018-03-27
Source record Collected from CISA's CSAF advisory feed
- Distribution label in the document: TLP:WHITE
- Revision 11, 2025-05-06 (final)
CISA's summary
Summary: A Denial-of-Service vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS 7, SIMATIC WinCC, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional and SIMATIC NET PC-Software. Siemens has released updates for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens is preparing further updates and recommends specific countermeasures for products where updates are not, or not yet available.
Products, as the advisory lists them
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens | OpenPCS 7 V7.1 and earlier | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | OpenPCS 7 V8.0 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | OpenPCS 7 V8.1 | <V8.1_Upd5 |
| Siemens | OpenPCS 7 V8.2 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | OpenPCS 7 V9.0 | <V9.0_Upd1 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC BATCH V7.1 and earlier | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC BATCH V8.0 | <V8.0_SP1_Upd21 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC BATCH V8.1 | <V8.1_SP1_Upd16 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC BATCH V8.2 | <V8.2_Upd10 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC BATCH V9.0 | <V9.0_SP1 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC NET PC Software V14 | <V14_SP1_Update_14 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC NET PC Software V15 | <15_SP1 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC PCS 7 V7.1 and earlier | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.0 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.1 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC PCS 7 V8.2 | <V8.2_SP1 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC PCS 7 V9.0 | <V9.0_SP1 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC Route Control V7.1 and earlier | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC Route Control V8.0 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC Route Control V8.1 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC Route Control V8.2 | vers:all/* |
| Siemens | SIMATIC Route Control V9.0 | <V9.0_Upd1 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V13 | <V13_SP2_Upd2 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Professional V14 | <V14_SP1_Upd5 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC V7.2 and earlier | <WinCC_7.2_Upd_15 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC V7.3 | <WinCC_7.3_Upd_16 |
| Siemens | SIMATIC WinCC V7.4 | <V7.4_SP1_Upd_4 |
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware.
Vulnerabilities in this advisory
- CVE-2018-4832 — CVE-2018-4832 · CWE-20
Specially crafted messages sent to the RPC service of the affected products could cause a Denial-of-Service condition on the remote and local communication functionality of the affected products. A reboot of the system is required to recover the remote and local communication functionality. Please note that an attacker needs to have network access to the Application Server in order to exploit this vulnerability. At the time of advisory publication no public exploitation of this security vulnerability was known.
Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them
- Siemens ProductCERT: reporting these vulnerabilities to CISA.
- Independent researcher cdev1: coordinating disclosure
- Vladimir Dashchenko, Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT: reporting the vulnerability and coordination efforts
The advisory's legal notice
Siemens Security Advisories are subject to the terms and conditions contained in Siemens' underlying license terms or other applicable agreements previously agreed to with Siemens (hereinafter "License Terms"). To the extent applicable to information, software or documentation made available in or through a Siemens Security Advisory, the Terms of Use of Siemens' Global Website (https://www.siemens.com/terms_of_use, hereinafter "Terms of Use"), in particular Sections 8-10 of the Terms of Use, shall apply additionally. In case of conflicts, the License Terms shall prevail over the Terms of Use.
Sources
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