Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-5709 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Siemens products

047910
CVSS 8.3 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
COMPLETE

Summary

The authentication implementation in the web server on Siemens SCALANCE X-200 switches with firmware before 5.0.0 does not use a sufficient source of entropy for generating values of random numbers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by predicting a value.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)