QID 591233

Date Published: 2023-01-04

QID 591233: "B and R" Automation Studio Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (ADVISORY_04-2022)

AFFECTED PRODUCTS
B and R Automation reports the vulnerabilities to affect the following versions of Automation Studio, a programmable logic controller (PLC) automation programming software: Automation Studio 4: B and R Automation Studio (AS) from Version 4.0 and above.

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated)
QID checks for the Vulnerable version using windows registry keys Note: Only version 4.X series will be flagged by the QID, because the latest version of the product released by the vendor is version 4 series only.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to denial of service.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.6 severity.
  • Solution
    No patch is released from vendor. For more information please visit ADVISORY_04-2022Workaround:
    The vendor has advised to set the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WIBUSYSTEMS\CodeMeter\Server\CurrentVersion\EnabledConta inerTypes to 4294967294 (0xFFFFFFFE).

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