CVE detail
CVE-2017-7905
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Security experts discovered a critical vulnerability in GE Multilin SR that poses a serious threat to the power grid worldwide. A team of researchers from New York University has found a serious vulnerability in some of GE Multilin SR protection relays that poses a serious threat to power grid. The experts will provide further details about the […]
newssecurityaffairs.comApr 28, 2017, 5:48 PMA critical vulnerability that affects some of GE’s protection relays poses a serious threat to the power grid, researchers have claimed. The vendor has started releasing patches for the security hole.
newswww.securityweek.comApr 28, 2017, 11:41 AM
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