CVE-2023-5768 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-5768

Vendor Hitachi Energy
Product RTU500 series
Published December 4, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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. Only communication link of affected HCI IEC 60870-5-104 is blocked. If attack sequence stops the communication to the previously attacked link gets normal again.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 4, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated