CVE-2023-2423

Rockwell Automation Armor PowerFlex Vulnerable to Denial-Of-Service

Published Aug 8, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the Rockwell Automation Armor PowerFlex device when the product sends communications to the local event log. Threat actors could exploit this vulnerability by sending an influx of network commands, causing the product to generate an influx of event log traffic at a high rate. If exploited, the product would stop normal operations and self-reset creating a denial-of-service condition. The error code would need to be cleared prior to resuming normal operations.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rockwell Automation

Armor PowerFlex

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<=1.003`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:armor_powerflex_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:armor_powerflex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update firmware to version 2.001 or later

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33912	A vulnerability was discovered in the Rockwell Automation Armor PowerFlex device when the product sends communications to the local event log. Threat actors could exploit this vulnerability by sending an influx of network commands, causing the product to generate an influx of event log traffic at a high rate. If exploited, the product would stop normal operations and self-reset creating a denial-of-service condition. The error code would need to be cleared prior to resuming normal operations.