Denial of Service Risk in SCALANCE X-200 and X-200IRT Switch Family by Siemens

CVE-2019-10942

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Siemens SCALANCE X-200 and SCALANCE X-200IRT switch families, allowing a remote attacker with network access to initiate a denial-of-service condition. This can be achieved by repeatedly sending large message packets to the telnet service. The vulnerability affects multiple variants of the SCALANCE X-200 series, which could potentially compromise the availability of these devices. Exploitation does not require system privileges or user interaction, making the vulnerability particularly concerning for network security.

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