19 December 2018
KLCERT-18-037: CodeSYS Control V3 Use of Insufficiently Random Values
Vendor
CodeSYS
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CVE-IDS
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KLCERT
KLCERT-18-037
Timeline
Timeline
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Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published
19 December 2018
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Vendor releases patch
December 2018
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Vulnerabilities reported
July 2018
Description
CVSS v3
Exploitability
Remotely
Attack complexity
User interaction
Impact
Existence of exploit
Unknown
Affected products
All variants of the following CODESYS V3 products in all versions prior V3.5.14.0 containing communication servers for the CODESYS communication protocol are affected, regardless of the CPU type or the operating system:
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- CODESYS Control for BeagleBone
CODESYS Control for emPC-A/iMX6
- CODESYS Control for IOT2000
- CODESYS Control for Linux
- CODESYS Control for PFC100
- CODESYS Control for PFC200
- CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi
- CODESYS Control RTE V3
- CODESYS Control RTE V3 (for Beckhoff CX)
- CODESYS Control Win V3 (also part of the CODESYS Development System setup)
- CODESYS Control V3 Runtime System Toolkit
- CODESYS V3 Safety SIL2
- CODESYS Gateway V3
- CODESYS HMI V3
- CODESYS V3 Simulation Runtime (part of the CODESYS Development System)
Mitigation
Vendor mitigation
3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH has released version V3.5.14.0 to solve the noted vulnerability issue for all affected CODESYS products.
Currently, 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH has not identified any workarounds for this vulnerability.
In general, 3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH recommends the following defensive measures as part of the mitigation strategy to reduce the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability:
- Use controllers and devices only in a protected environment to minimize network exposure and ensure that they are not accessible from outside
- Use firewalls to protect and separate the control network from other networks
- Use VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnels if remote access is required
- Activate and apply user management and password protection features
- Restrict access to both the development system and the control system using physical methods, the operating system’s features, etc.
- Protect both the development system and the control system with up–to-date antivirus solutions
Kaspersky Lab publishes information on newly identified vulnerabilities in order to raise user awareness of the IT security threats detected. Kaspersky Lab does not make any guarantees in respect of information received from vendors of products in which vulnerabilities have been identified, which is included in the following sections of the advisory: Affected Products, Vendor Mitigation.
