Siemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations that customers can apply to reduce the risk:
Do not open untrusted PCB files in PADS Standard/Plus Viewer
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.
PADS Standard and Standard Plus provide PCB schematic design and layout capabilities in an intuitive and easy-to-use environment.
VULNERABILITY CLASSIFICATION
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSS scoring system in version 3.1
(CVSS v3.1) (https://www.first.org/cvss/). The CVSS environmental score is specific to the customer’s
environment and will impact the overall CVSS score. The environmental score should therefore be
individually defined by the customer to accomplish final scoring.
An additional classification has been performed using the CWE classification, a community-developed list
of common software security weaknesses. This serves as a common language and as a baseline for
weakness identification, mitigation, and prevention efforts. A detailed list of CWE classes can be found at:
https://cwe.mitre.org/.
Vulnerability CVE-2022-34272
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-037, FG-VD-22-059)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-038)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-039)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-040)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-041)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-042)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-043)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-044)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-045)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-046)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-047)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-048)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-049)
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-050)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-051)
The affected application contains a stack corruption vulnerability while parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-052, FG-VD-22-056)
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Vulnerability CVE-2022-34288
The affected application is vulnerable to an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer when parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-053)
The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted PCB files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-054)
The affected application contains a stack corruption vulnerability while parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-055)
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Vulnerability CVE-2022-34291
The affected application contains a stack corruption vulnerability while parsing PCB files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (FG-VD-22-057, FG-VD-22-058, FG-VD-22-060)
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Siemens thanks the following parties for their efforts:
Kushal Arvind Shah from FortiGuard Labs for coordinated disclosure of the vulnerabilities
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 (2022-07-12):
Publication Date
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