SYT-2022-8: Use after free vulnerability in OPC UA C++ SDK and OPC Suite

Publisher: Softing Industrial Automation GmbH Document category: csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date: 2022-10-14T16:00:00.000Z Engine: Secvisogram .2.2.15
Current release date: 2023-11-28T14:02:13.476Z Build Date: 2023-11-28T14:02:13.476Z
Current version: 2.0.0 Status: final
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 7.5 Severity: high
Original language: en-US Language:
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Vulnerabilities

(CVE-2022-39823)

If the browse continuation points are exceeded, the server may crash due to a use-after-free error. The server process may crash unexpectedly and must be restarted.

CWE: CWE-416:Use After Free
Discovery date: 2022-10-14T10:00:00.000Z

Product status

Known affected
Product CVSS-Vector CVSS Base Score
Softing OPC UA C++ SDK >= V5.70 and <= 6.00 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 7.5
Softing OPC Suite >=V5.20 and <= V5.22 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 7.5
Fixed

Remediations

Mitigation

Disable the posibility to establish unauthenticated sessions to the OPC UA server, because the atttack works on an established OPC UA session.

For products:

Softing Industrial Automation GmbH

Namespace: https://industrial.softing.com

Softing PSIRT - contact us at [email protected]

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1.0.0 2022-10-14T16:00:00.000Z Initial version
2.0.0 2023-11-28T14:02:13.476Z Fix for OPC Suite

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