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Phoenix Contact: Unbounded growth of OpenSSL session cache in multiple FL MGUARD devices

VDE-2024-029
Last update
11.06.2024 08:00
Published at
11.06.2024 08:00
Vendor(s)
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
External ID
VDE-2024-029
CSAF Document

Summary

The OpenSSL library used in the affected products is vulnerable to an unbounded growth of the session cache in the TLSv1.3 implementation.

Impact

A remote attacker can exhaust all memory by establishing a large number of TLSv1.3 connections to the web interface, causing the device to reboot.

Affected Product(s)

Model no. Product name Affected versions
1153079 FL MGUARD 1102 Firmware <1.8.0
1153078 FL MGUARD 1105 Firmware <1.8.0

Vulnerabilities

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Published
22.09.2025 14:58
Weakness
Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation (CWE-1325)
Summary

Issue summary: Some non-default TLS server configurations can cause unbounded memory growth when processing TLSv1.3 sessions Impact summary: An attacker may exploit certain server configurations to trigger unbounded memory growth that would lead to a Denial of Service This problem can occur in TLSv1.3 if the non-default SSL_OP_NO_TICKET option is being used (but not if early_data support is also configured and the default anti-replay protection is in use). In this case, under certain conditions, the session cache can get into an incorrect state and it will fail to flush properly as it fills. The session cache will continue to grow in an unbounded manner. A malicious client could deliberately create the scenario for this failure to force a Denial of Service. It may also happen by accident in normal operation. This issue only affects TLS servers supporting TLSv1.3. It does not affect TLS clients. The FIPS modules in 3.2, 3.1 and 3.0 are not affected by this issue. OpenSSL 1.0.2 is also not affected by this issue.

References

Mitigation

Phoenix Contact recommends that customers restrict network access to the device's web interface to as few networks as possible.

Revision History

Version Date Summary
1 11.06.2024 08:00 Initial revision.