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Critical VDE-2023-042 1 CVE

Wago: Vulnerable WIBU-SYSTEMS Codemeter installed through e!COCKPIT and WAGO-I/O-Pro (UPDATE B)

Published Sep 25, 2023 · Updated Nov 20, 2024 · Revision 2

Summary

Critical vulnerability has been discovered in the utilized component PROFINET IO Device by Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH.
The impact of the vulnerability on the affected device is that it can

no longer perform acyclic requests
may drop all established cyclic connections may
disappear completely from the network
For more information see advisory by Hilscher:

https://kb.hilscher.com/display/ISMS/2020-12-03+Denial+of+Service+vulnerability+in+PROFINET+IO+Device

Update 20.11.2024: Products have been added

Details

Impact
WAGO controllers and IO-Devices are not affected by WIBU-SYSTEMS Codemeter vulnerabilities. However, due to compatibility reasons to the CODESYS Store, the e!COCKPIT and engineering software is bundled with a WIBU-SYSTEMS Codemeter installation.

Mitigation
Use general security best practices to protect systems from local and network attacks.

For further details on risk mitigation and impact of this vulnerability, please refer to the official WIBU-SYSTEMS Product Security Advisory WIBU-230704-01 at Website https://www.wibu.com/support/security-advisories.html.

Remediation
Until an update is available for e!COCKPIT and WAGO-I/O-Pro (CODESYS 2.3) we strongly encourage users to update WIBU-SYSTEMS Codemeter by installing the latest available stand-alone WIBU-SYSTEMS Codemeter Version. (https://www.wibu.com/support/user/user-software.html).

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8

    Wibu: Buffer Overflow in CodeMeter Runtime

    A heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Wibu CodeMeter Runtime network service up to version 7.60b allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to achieve RCE and gain full access of the host system.

Revision history

  1. #2

    Update A

  2. #1

    Initial revision.

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