SUBNET SubSTATION Server 2 Telegyr 8979 Master Protocol Improper Input Validation

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2357
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-08-11 22:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe GPT library in the Telegyr 8979 Master Protocol application in SUBNET SubSTATION Server 2 before SSNET 2.12 HF18808 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent service crash) via a long RTU-to-Master message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-119 | CWE-20 CWE-20


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
2.0[email protected]Primary7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
2.0[email protected]Secondary8.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
2.0CNACVSS8.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Subnet Substation Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SUBNET SubSTATION Server 2 Telegyr 8979 Master Protocol affected all versions Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SubSTATION Server Telegyr 8979 Master Vulnerabilities | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-196-01 [email protected] www.cisa.gov
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Adam Crain of Automatak and Chris Sistrunk of Mandiant (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: SUBNET has produced hot fix “SSNET v2.12 HF18808” to resolve this issue. This hot fix can be obtained by secure FTP provided by the SUBNET support department. Please contact SUBNET Customer Support at: (403) 270-8885, or by email at: [email protected] and reference SUBNET Release Bulletin “SubSTATION Server 2.12 HF18808 Release, 21 May 2014” for a copy of this release bulletin and download/installation information (This bulletin is being sent to registered users only). Vendor Recommendation: * The exploit results in an unrecoverable exception, but all software components are registered as Services under Windows and can be configured to automatically restart after any stoppage. Users can configure the service to automatically restart, which limits the DoS to a momentary disruption. * Backward compatible releases will be available by request for customers using older versions of SubSTATION Server.

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