CVE-2020-24679

Denial of Service attack on Symphony Plus

Description

A S+ Operations and S+ Historian service is subject to a DoS by special crafted messages. An attacker might use this flaw to make it crash or even execute arbitrary code on the machine where the service is hosted.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.76% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory abb.com Vendor Advisory abb.com
Affected: ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Operations
Affected: ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian
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Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA123980&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch mitigation vendor advisory
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA123982&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch mitigation vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-24679?
CVE-2020-24679 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-24679?
To fix CVE-2020-24679, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-24679 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-24679 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-24679?
CVE-2020-24679 affects ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Operations, ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian.
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