SSA-427715

Siemens Security Advisory by Siemens ProductCERT

SSA-427715: Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

Publication Date:	2024-09-10
Last Update:	2024-09-10
Current Version:	V1.0
CVSS v3.1 Base Score:	7.8
CVSS v4.0 Base Score:	7.3

SUMMARY

Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could be triggered when the application reads files in SPP file format. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with any of the affected products, this could lead the application to crash or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION

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Affected Product and Versions	Remediation
Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 All versions < V2302.0015 affected by CVE-2024-41170	Update to V2302.0015 or later version https://support.sw.siemens.com/product/297028302/ See further recommendations from section Workarounds and Mitigations
Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 All versions < V2404.0004 affected by CVE-2024-41170	Update to V2404.0004 or later version https://support.sw.siemens.com/product/297028302/ See further recommendations from section Workarounds and Mitigations

WORKAROUNDS AND MITIGATIONS

Siemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations that customers can apply to reduce the risk:

CVE-2024-41170: Do not open untrusted SPP files in affected applications

Product-specific remediations or mitigations can be found in the section Affected Products and Solution.
Please follow the General Security Recommendations.

GENERAL SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS

As a general security measure, Siemens strongly recommends to protect network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. In order to operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends to configure the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for Industrial Security (Download: https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security), and to follow the recommendations in the product manuals. Additional information on Industrial Security by Siemens can be found at: https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation allows you to model, simulate, explore and optimize logistics systems and their processes. These models enable analysis of material flow, resource utilization and logistics for all levels of manufacturing planning from global production facilities to local plants and specific lines, well in advance of production execution.

VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

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This chapter describes all vulnerabilities (CVE-IDs) addressed in this security advisory. Wherever applicable, it also documents the product-specific impact of the individual vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability CVE-2024-41170

The affected applications contain a stack based overflow vulnerability while parsing specially crafted SPP files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score	7.8
CVSS v3.1 Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0 Base Score	7.3
CVSS v4.0 Vector	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE	CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Siemens thanks the following party for its efforts:

Michael Heinzl for reporting the vulnerability

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products and solutions, please contact the Siemens ProductCERT: https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories

HISTORY DATA

V1.0 (2024-09-10):

Publication Date

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