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Critical VDE-2022-010 60 CVEs

PHOENIX CONTACT: Multiple Linux component vulnerabilities fixed in latest AXC F x152 LTS release

Published Apr 12, 2022 · Updated May 22, 2025 · Revision 3

Summary

PLCnext Control AXC F x152 is certified according to IEC 62443-4-1 and IEC 62443-4-2.
This certification requires that all third-party components used in the firmware are regularly checked for known vulnerabilities.

Firmware components in version 2021.06 had already been updated. For the 2022.0 LTS version more firmware components have been updated implicitly fixing the vulnerabilities listed. The vulnerabilities listed above have not been individually verified in terms of actual impact and/or limitations in combination with the affected products listed. The current LTS release 2022.0 LTS contains updates of integrated third-party libraries, SDKs and other third-party software to address these issues nevertheless.

UPDATE A (April 4th, 2022): Added RFC 4072 (Art. No. 1051328) and fixed affected version of AXC F 3152

Details

Impact
Availability, integrity, or confidentiality of the AXC F x152 might be compromised by attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please consult the CVE-IDs for vulnerability details.

Mitigation
Phoenix Contact recommends operating network-capable devices in closed networks or protected with a suitable firewall. For detailed information on our recommendations for measures to protect network-capable devices, please refer to our application note: Measures to protect network-capable devices with Ethernet connection

Remediation
**Update to Firmware Release 2022.0.3 LTS or higher:**

- AXC F 2152 (2404267) [Download](http://www.phoenixcontact.net/qr/2404267/firmware)
- AXC F 1152 (1151412) [Download](http://www.phoenixcontact.net/qr/1151412/firmware)
- AXC F 3152 (1069208) Not yet released

**Update to PLCnext Engineer Release 2022.0.1 LTS or higher.**

Vulnerabilities 60

Revision history

  1. #3

    Fix: added distribution, quotation mark

  2. #2

    Update A

  3. #1

    Initial revision.

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