CVE-2017-7905

Critical

Description

A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 760 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 469 Motor Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 489 Generator Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 4.06; SR 745 Transformer Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 369 Motor Protection Relay, all firmware versions; Multilin Universal Relay, firmware Version 6.0 and prior versions; and Multilin URplus (D90, C90, B95), all versions. Ciphertext versions of user passwords were created with a non-random initialization vector leaving them susceptible to dictionary attacks. Ciphertext of user passwords can be obtained from the front LCD panel of affected products and through issued Modbus commands.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGe Multilin Sr 750 Feeder Protection Relay Firmware
PublishedJun 30, 2017
First seenJun 30, 2017
Weakness typeCWE-261CWE-261

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ge multilin_sr_750_feeder_protection_relay_firmwarev ≤ 5.02—
ge multilin_sr_760_feeder_protection_relay_firmwarev ≤ 5.02—
ge multilin_sr_469_motor_protection_relay_firmwarev ≤ 2.90—
ge multilin_sr_489_generator_protection_relay_firmwarev ≤ 1.53—
ge multilin_sr_745_transformer_protection_relay_firmwarev ≤ 2.85—
ge multilin_sr_369_motor_protection_relay_firmwareNo range specified—
ge multilin_universal_relay_firmwarev ≤ 6.0—
ge multilin_urplus_d90_firmwareNo range specified—
ge multilin_urplus_c90_firmwareNo range specified—
ge multilin_urplus_b95_firmwareNo range specified—

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