Software Engineering Institute

GE Fanuc CIMPLICITY HMI is software used for monitoring and control in Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a CIMPLICITY process (w32rtr.exe) that listens on the network (32000/tcp). The vulnerable process exists in both servers and clients. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet to a vulnerable CIMPLICITY system.

Note that this vulnerability affects GE Fanuc CIMPLICITY HMI versions up to and including version 7.0.

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Apply Patch

This vulnerability is addressed in CIMPLICITY 6.1 SP6 Hot fix - 010708_162517_6106 and CIMPLICITY 7.0 SIM 9. CIMPLICITY customers should refer to GE Fanuc knowledge base article KB2458 for more information.

Upgrade

Users of affected software with versions older than 6.1 are encouraged to upgrade to 6.1 or greater and then apply the patches described above. CIMPLICITY customers should refer to GE Fanuc knowledge base article KB12458 for more information.

Restrict Access

Restrict network access to hosts that require connections to CIMPLICITY. Do not allow access to CIMPLICITY from untrusted networks such as the internet.