Check Point Advisories

ABB Multiple Products RobNetScanHost.exe Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-0245)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-318
Date Published:	23 Jul 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Friday 19 April, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-0245
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	ABB ABB Interlink Module 4.6 through 4.9 ABB IRC5 OPC Server 5.14.01 and prior ABB PC SDK 5.14.01 and prior ABB PickMaster 3 3.3 and prior ABB PickMaster 5 5.13 and prior ABB Robot Communications Runtime 5.14.01 and prior ABB RobotStudio 5.14.01 and prior ABB RobView 5 all ABB WebWare SDK 4.6 through 4.9 ABB WebWare Server 4.6 through 4.91
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in multiple ABB products.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to insufficient data validation by the RobNetScanHost.exe service when processing certain robot availability announcements. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted packets to an affected service. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service condition or arbitrary code execution on the targeted system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ABB Multiple Products RobNetScanHost.exe Stack Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: SCADA Protection Violation
Attack Information: ABB Multiple Products RobNetScanHost.exe Stack Buffer Overflow