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CVE-2023-5768 — A vulnerability exists in the HCI IEC 60870-5-104 that affects the RTU500 series

A vulnerability exists in the HCI IEC 60870-5-104 that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below. Incomplete or wrong received APDU frame layout may cause blocking on link layer. Error reason was an endless blocking when reading incoming frames on link layer with wr

CVSS
5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.07% (top 78.90%)
CWE
—
Published
2023-12-04T14:33:47.898Z
Last modified
2024-08-02T08:07:32.849Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability exists in the HCI IEC 60870-5-104 that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below. Incomplete or wrong received APDU frame layout may cause blocking on link layer. Error reason was an endless blocking when reading incoming frames on link layer with wrong length information of APDU or delayed reception of data octets.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Hitachi EnergyRTU500 seriesRTU500 series CMU Firmware version 12.0.1 – 12.0.14, RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 12.2.1 – 12.2.11, RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 12.4.1 – 12.4.11 , RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 12.6.1 – 12.6.9 , RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 12.7.1 – 12.7.6, RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 13.2.1 – 13.2.6 , RTU500 series CMU Firmware version 13.4.1 – 13.4.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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