CVE-2020-12523

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12523
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-17 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-21 14:16:00 UTC
DescriptionOn Phoenix Contact mGuard Devices versions before 8.8.3 LAN ports get functional after reboot even if they are disabled in the device configuration. For mGuard devices with integrated switch on the LAN side, single switch ports can be disabled by device configuration. After a reboot these ports get functional independent from their configuration setting: Missing Initialization of Resource

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-909

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx Vpn Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Fl Mguard Rs4004 Tx/dtx Vpn Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/3g/tx Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/3g/tx Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/3g/tx Vpn Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/3g/tx Vpn Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx Vpn Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Innominate Mguard Rs4000 4tx/tx Vpn Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 3g Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 3g Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 3g Vpn Firmware - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 3g Vpn Firmware - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Att Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Att Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Att Vpn Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Att Vpn Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vpn Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vpn Firmware All All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vzw Vpn - All All All
Hardware Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vzw Vpn - All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vzw Vpn Firmware All All All All
Operating System Phoenixcontact Tc Mguard Rs4000 4g Vzw Vpn Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHOENIX CONTACT: mGuard products missing initialization of resource — English (USA) CONFIRM cert.vde.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Discovered by SMST Designers & Constructors B.V., Phoenix Contact reported to CERT@VDE

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591336 Phoenix Contact mGuard Missing Initialization of Resource Vulnerability (VDE-2020-046)
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