Advisory Details

August 8th, 2023

(0Day) (Pwn2Own) Inductive Automation Ignition ConditionRefresh Resource Exhaustion Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

ZDI-23-1050
ZDI-CAN-20499

CVE ID CVE-2023-39477
CVSS SCORE 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Inductive Automation
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Ignition
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Inductive Automation Ignition. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of OPC UA ConditionRefresh requests. By sending a large number of requests, an attacker can consume all available resources on the server. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Inductive Automation has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/releasenotes/8.1.33
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2023-02-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2023-08-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
  • 2023-12-19 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT Claroty Research - Team82 - Uri Katz, Noam Moshe, Vera Vens, Sharon Brizinov
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