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TITLE:
Schneider Electric CitectSCADA Batch Server Login Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46779

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-09

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Schneider Electric CitectSCADA,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the batch
module when handling the logon sequence and can be exploited to cause
a buffer overflow via an overly long string.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 7.10 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version. Please contact the vendor for details.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ICS-CERT credits Kuang-Chun Hung, Taiwan’s Information and
Communication Security Technology Center (ICST).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
CitectSCADA:
http://www.citect.com/citectscada-batch

ICS-CERT:
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-11-279-02.pdf

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