Security Advisory: An attacker could cause the device to go into defect mode, effectively causing a DoS, if specially crafted packets are sent to Port 443/TCP (HTTPS). Author: Ralf Spenneberg , Hendrik Schwartke, Maik Brüggemann Revision: 1 Last Updated: March 21, 2014 CVE-2014-2258 Summary: An attacker could cause the device to go into defect mode, effectively causing a DoS, if specially crafted packets are sent to Port 443/TCP (HTTPS). A cold restart is required to recover the system. CVE-2014-2258e has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v2 base score of 7.8 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C). Impact: Very High: A Cold Restart is required. CVSS: 7.8 Vulnerable: All S7-1200 versions prior to V4.0 Solution: Workaround: Disabling the Webserver Firmware 4.0 References: https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-079-02 https://www.siemens.com/innovation/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-654382.pdf