QID 591201

Date Published: 2022-12-22

QID 591201: Siemens WinCC (TIA Portal), IPC Diagbase and Simatic Step 7 (TIA Portal) Open Secure Sockets Layer (OpenSSL) Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA-179516)

Several Siemens industrial products are affected by a vulnerability in OpenSSL, that could result in data being sent out unencrypted by the SSL/TLS record layer.

AFFECTED PRODUCTS
SIMATIC IPC DiagBase: all versions prior to V2.1.1.0
SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal): all versions prior to V13 SP2 Update 2
SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal): all versions prior to V14 SP1 Update 6
SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal): all versions prior to V15 Update 2
SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) v13: all versions prior to V13 SP2 Update 2
SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) v14: all versions prior to V14 SP1 Update 6
SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) v15: all versions prior to V15 Update 2

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
QID checks for the Vulnerable version of Siemens using registry "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Siemens"

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow compromising confidentiality of data by transmitting it unencrypted over the network.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.9 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
  • Solution
    https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-179516.pdf

    CVEs related to QID 591201

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SSA-179516 URL Logo cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-179516.pdf
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