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CVE-2017-2681High confidence

Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product

Siemens · Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: DK Standard Ethernet Controller

7.1HighCVSS 4.0
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
SSA-293562 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 27 · interimSiemens ProductCERTSSA-293562: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in PROFINET DCP Implementation of Industrial Products
126 known affected

The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.

  • Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: DK Standard Ethernet Controller
  • Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200
  • Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200P
  • IE/AS-i Link PN IO
  • IE/PB-Link (incl. SIPLUS NET variants)
  • SCALANCE M-800 family (incl. S615, MUM-800 and RM1224)
  • SCALANCE W-700 IEEE 802.11n family
  • SCALANCE X-200 family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants)
  • SCALANCE X-200IRT family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants)
  • SCALANCE X-300 family (incl. X408 and SIPLUS NET variants)
  • SCALANCE X408 family
  • SCALANCE X414
Summary
Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product. Human interaction is required to recover the system. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.
Remediation
Update to V1.0.2 or later version
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2017-11824

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product. Human interaction is required to recover the system. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.

What

Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product. Human interaction is required to recover the system. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.

Why

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

How

An attacker operating through an adjacent network may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

Specially crafted PROFINET DCP packets sent on a local Ethernet segment (Layer 2) to an affected product could cause a denial of service condition of that product. Human interaction is required to recover the system. PROFIBUS interfaces are not affected.

Why

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

How

An attacker operating through an adjacent network may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
an adjacent network → Uncontrolled Resource Consumption → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Adjacent
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Not a CVSS 4.0 base metric
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-400 ↗

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 4.0: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVAdjacentAttack vector: The attacker must be on an adjacent or logically close network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.ATNoneAttack requirements: No additional deployment or execution condition is required.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.VCNoneVulnerable-system confidentiality: No direct loss is represented by this metric.VINoneVulnerable-system integrity: No direct loss is represented by this metric.VAHighVulnerable-system availability: A successful attack can cause a major loss.SCNoneSubsequent-system confidentiality: No direct loss is represented by this metric.SINoneSubsequent-system integrity: No direct loss is represented by this metric.SANoneSubsequent-system availability: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
UnauthenticatedDenial of serviceCWE-400
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: DK Standard Ethernet Controller; Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200; Development/Evaluation Kits for PROFINET IO: EK-ERTEC 200P; IE/AS-i Link PN IO; IE/PB-Link (incl. SIPLUS NET variants); SCALANCE M-800 family (incl. S615, MUM-800 and RM1224); SCALANCE W-700 IEEE 802.11n family; SCALANCE X-200 family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants); SCALANCE X-200IRT family (incl. SIPLUS NET variants); SCALANCE X-300 family (incl. X408 and SIPLUS NET variants); SCALANCE X408 family; SCALANCE X414; SCALANCE XM-400 family; SCALANCE XR-500 family; SIMATIC CM 1542-1; SIMATIC CM 1542SP-1; SIMATIC CP 1243-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 1243-1 DNP3 (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 1243-1 IEC (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 1243-8 IRC (6GK7243-8RX30-0XE0); SIMATIC CP 1542SP-1 IRC (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 1543-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 1543SP-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 1604 (6GK1160-4AA01); SIMATIC CP 1616 (6GK1161-6AA02); SIMATIC CP 343-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 343-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 343-1 Lean (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 443-1 (incl. SIPLUS variants); SIMATIC CP 443-1 Advanced (incl. SIPLUS variants); and 96 more
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
Update to V1.0.2 or later version
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 11 May 2017 · Last source change 10 Sept 2024, 09:33 UTC · CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-09-01
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-11824
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed from no authoritative guidance recorded to vendor advisory.
    Before
    no authoritative guidance recorded
    After
    vendor advisory
    af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ↗
  2. ENISA EUVD mappingEUVD-2017-11824 was added to the official ENISA EUVD mapping for this CVE.
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    {"euvdId":"EUVD-2017-11824"}
    ENISA EUVD ↗
  3. Catalogue recordCVE added to the BlackTree catalogue.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-11824↗Vendor CSAF · Siemens ProductCERT↗Vendor advisory↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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