CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
58.3%
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a malicious user to commit unauthorized arbitrary code to the software using a memory buffer overflow.
The following Rockwell Automation product is affected:
3.2.1 INCORRECT RESTRICTION OF OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF A MEMORY BUFFER CWE-119
Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation software v16.00 is vulnerable due to a memory buffer overflow, which could allow a malicious user to commit unauthorized arbitrary code.
CVE-2023-29460 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
3.2.2 INCORRECT RESTRICTION OF OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF A MEMORY BUFFER CWE-119
Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation software v16.00 is vulnerable due to a memory buffer overflow, which could allow a malicious user to commit unauthorized arbitrary code.
CVE-2023-29461 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
3.2.3 INCORRECT RESTRICTION OF OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF A MEMORY BUFFER CWE-119
Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation software v16.00 is vulnerable due to a memory buffer overflow, which could allow a malicious user to remotely execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2023-29462 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Simon Janz of Trend Microβs Zero Day Initiative reported these vulnerabilities to Rockwell Automation.
Rockwell Automation recommends upgrading the affected product software to 16.20.01.
Rockwell Automation encourages users to implement their suggested security best practices to minimize exploitation risk of these vulnerabilities.
For additional information, refer to Rockwell Automationβs Security Bulletin.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are not exploitable remotely.
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