Summary
The Year 2038 Problem affects systems using a 32-bit integer to represent time as the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970. On January 19, 2038, at 03:14:07 UTC, the time value will exceed the maximum for a 32-bit integer, causing an overflow and resetting it to a negative number.
Details
This leads to a reset of the system time and effects the timestamps of the system logs.
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 4.3
WAGO: Switches affected by year 2k38 problem
A low privileged attacker can set the date of the devices to the 19th of January 2038 an therefore exceed the 32-Bit time limit. This causes the date of the switch to be set back to January 1st, 1970.
Revision history
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#1
Initial release.
References
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WAGO PSIRT
https://www.wago.com/de-en/automation-technology/psirt
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CERT@VDE Security Advisories for WAGO
https://certvde.com/de/advisories/vendor/wago/
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VDE-2025-020: WAGO: Switches affected by year 2k38 problem - HTML
https://certvde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2025-020