Summary
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. Siemens has released updates for the affected
products and recommends to update to the latest versions.
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —CVE-2017-3737 EPSS 79%
OpenSSL 1.0.2 (starting from version 1.0.2b) introduced an "error state" mechanism. The intent was that if a fatal erro…
Revision history
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#8
Added fix for SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V14; updated fix information for SIMATIC IPC DiagBase and DiagMonitor
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#7
SIPLUS devices now explicitly mentioned in the list of affected products
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#6
Added update for SIMATIC IPC DiagBase and SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) V14
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#5
Added update for SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller, SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC
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#4
Added update for SIMATIC HMI WinCC Flexible, SIMATIC IPC DiagMonitor
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#3
Added update for SIMATIC S7-1200 CPU, SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V13, SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal) V13
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#2
Added WinCC OA patches, removed OC1 variant indicator as F is also affected
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#1
Publication Date
References
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SSA-179516 OpenSSL Vulnerability in Industrial Products - TXT Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/txt/ssa-179516.txt
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SSA-179516 OpenSSL Vulnerability in Industrial Products - PDF Version
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-179516.pdf
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ICS Advisory ICSA-18-226-02 - Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-18-226-02
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
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Recommended Practices
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B