NPort 5000 Series, and NPort 6000 Series Serial Device Server Vulnerabilities

Published: April 15, 2016

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 NPort 5000 Series, and NPort 6000 Series Serial Device Server. 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 Unauthenticated retrievable sensitive account information Ensure that passwords have been enabled.
2 Unauthenticated remote firmware update Ensure that passwords have been enabled.
3 Buffer overflow Setup access control to devices to prevent any un-authorized access from those taking advantage of the vulnerability.
4 Cross-site scription Setup access control to devices to prevent any un-authorized access from those taking advantage of the vulnerability.
5 Cross-site request forgery Setup access control to devices to prevent any un-authorized access from those taking advantage of the vulnerability.

 

 

This alert has come from: https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/nport-5000-series-and-nport-6000-series-serial-device-server-vulnerabilities