(PT-2012-54) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
Denial of Service in Siemens Teamcenter
Vulnerable product
Siemens Teamcenter
Version: 2007 and 8.0
Application link:
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/teamcenter/index.shtml
Severity level
Severity level: High
Impact: Denial of Service
Access Vector: Remote
CVSS v2:
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
CVE: not assigned
Product description
Teamcenter product life cycle management software helps companies deliver increasingly complex products while maximizing productivity and streamlining global operations.
Vulnerability description
The specialists of Positive Research, the Positive Technologies company research center, found a Denial of Service vulnerability in Siemens Teamcenter.
Teamcenter Secure File Management Service (tcfs) vulnerability exists as inbound TCP string length is not checked. An attacker is able to send a specially crafted request to the service port that leads to denial of service.
How to fix
Update your software up to the latest version
Advisory status
09.10.2012 - Vendor is notified
09.10.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
13.11.2012 - Vendor publishes fix information
04.02.2013 - Public disclosure
Credits
The vulnerability has discovered by Ilya Smit, Dmitry Efanov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)
References
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-54
http://support.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/gtac.shtml
Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:
http://ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/
About Positive Technologies
Positive Technologies www.ptsecurity.com is among the key players in the IT security market in Russia.
The principal activities of the company include the development of integrated tools for information security monitoring (MaxPatrol); providing IT security consulting services and technical support; development of the Securitylab leading Russian information security portal.
Among the clients of Positive Technologies, there are more than 40 state enterprises, more than 50 banks and financial organizations, 20 telecommunication companies, more than 40 plant facilities, as well as IT, service and retail companies from Russia, the CIS countries, the Baltic States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.
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