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ioLogik 2542-HSPA Series Controllers and I/Os, and IOxpress Configuration Utility Vulnerabilities

Published: September 25, 2019

This Alert Is From MOXA

As Industrial IoT (IIoT) adoption continues to proliferate, cybersecurity has become one of the top priorities. The Moxa Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) takes a proactive approach to protect products from cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Moxa PSIRT investigates all reports of vulnerabilities that could potentially affect Moxa products. Moxa created a vulnerability management policy to provide guidance and information to our customers in the event of a reported vulnerability. The management policy ensures that Moxa’s customers have steady, unambiguous resources to help them understand how Moxa resolves or mitigates reported vulnerabilities. For any queries, please email [email protected].

Multiple product vulnerabilities were identified in Moxa’s ioLogik 2542-HSPA Series Controllers and I/Os, and IOxpress Configuration Utility. In response to this, Moxa has developed related solutions to address these vulnerabilities.

The identified vulnerability types and potential impacts are shown below:

Item Vulnerability Type Impact
1 Use Weak Cryptographic Algorithms (CWE-310), CVE-2018-18238 The configuration file was not encrypted. If an attacker got hold of the file, sensitive information in the device could be disclosed.
2 Cleartext Storage and Transmission of Sensitive Information (CWE-312 and CWE-319), CVE-2020-7003 The configuration file was not encrypted. If an attacker got hold of the file, sensitive information in the device could be disclosed.
3 Denial-of-service attack (CWE-400, CWE-941), CVE-2019-18242 Frequent and multiple requests for short-term use may cause the web server to fail.

 

This alert has come from: https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/iologik-2542-hspa-series-ioxpress-vulnerabilities