PN1621 | Arena® Simulation – Multiple Vulnerabilities

Affected Products

Affected Product (automated)	First Known in Software Version	Corrected in Software Version
Arena® Simulation Software	V16.00	16.20.01

Security Issue Details

Rockwell Automation used the latest version of the CVSS scoring system to assess the following security issues.

CVE-2023-29460 IMPACT
An arbitrary code execution security issue was reported to Rockwell Automation that could allow a threat actor to use unauthorized arbitrary code to the software by using a memory buffer overflow.

CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-119 Incorrect Restriction of Operations in the Memory Buffer

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: No

CVE-2023-29461 IMPACT
An arbitrary code execution security issue was reported to Rockwell Automation that could allow a threat actor to use unauthorized arbitrary code on the software by using a memory buffer overflow in the heap.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-119 Incorrect Restriction of Operations in the Memory Buffer

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: No

CVE-2023-29462 IMPACT
An arbitrary code execution seurity issue was reported to Rockwell Automation that could allow a threat actor to use unauthorized arbitrary code on the software by using a memory buffer overflow in the heap.

CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-119 Incorrect Restriction of Operations in the Memory Buffer

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: No

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Risk Mitigation & User Action

Customers using the affected software shoud use the below risk mitigations.

• Upgrade to 16.20.01 which has been patched to mitigate these issues.
• For information on how to mitigate Security Risks on industrial automation control systems (IACS) networks see the following publications:
  • System Security Design Guidelines Reference Manual publication, SECURE-RM001
  • Configure System Security Features User Manual, SECURE-UM001
• Customer should use our QA43240 - Recommended Security Guidelines from Rockwell Automation to minimize risks..

Additional Resources

• CVE-2023-29460 JSON
• CVE-2023-29461 JSON
• CVE-2023-29462 JSON

Glossary

Arbitrary Code Execution: an attacker's ability to run any commands or code of the attacker's choice on a target machine or in a target process

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: an official list of security flaws that attackers have actively exploited

Memory Buffer Overflow: occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer than it can hold. This can lead to data corruption, program crashes, or unintended behavior