CVE-2024-46891

A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC INS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 3). The affected application does not properly restrict the size of generated log files. This could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a large amount of logged events to exhaust the system's resources and create a denial of service condition.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins::-::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2_update_1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2_update_2::::::

History

20 Aug 2025, 19:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Se ha identificado una vulnerabilidad en SINEC INS (todas las versiones < V1.0 SP2 Update 3). La aplicación afectada no restringe adecuadamente el tamaño de los archivos de registro generados. Esto podría permitir que un atacante remoto no autenticado active una gran cantidad de eventos registrados para agotar los recursos del sistema y crear una condición de denegación de servicio.
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2_update_1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2_update_2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins::-::::::*
References	~~() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html -~~	() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Siemens sinec Ins Siemens

12 Nov 2024, 15:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-125

12 Nov 2024, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-11-12 13:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2024-46891

Mitre link : CVE-2024-46891

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-46891

JSON object : View

Products Affected

siemens

sinec_ins

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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