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
First Time		Siemens Siemens sinec Ins
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2_update_1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2:::::: 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_update_2::::::
References	~~() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html -~~	() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-915275.html - Vendor Advisory

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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