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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE-2019-13926

High
7.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE S602 (All versions >= V3.0 and < V4.1), SCALANCE S612 (All versions >= V3.0 and < V4.1), SCALANCE S623 (All versions >= V3.0 and < V4.1), SCALANCE S627-2M (All versions >= V3.0 and < V4.1). Specially crafted packets sent to port 443/tcp of affected devices could cause a Denial-of-Service condition of the web server. A cold reboot is required to restore the functionality of the device.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption

An uncontrolled resource allocation attack (also known as resource exhaustion attack) triggers unauthorized overconsumption of the limited resources in an application, such as memory, file system storage, database connection pool entries, and CPU. This may lead to denial of service for valid users and degradation of the application's functionality as well as that of the host operating system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published