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PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords

TVN ID TVN-202409011
CVE ID CVE-2024-8455
CVSS 8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0
GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0
IGS-5225-4UP1T2S hardware 1.0
Description The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.
Solution Update firmware of GS-4210-24PL4C hardware 2.0 to version 2.305b240719 or later.
Update firmware of GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0 to version 3.305b240802 or later.
IGS-5225-4UP1T2S hardware 1.0 has reached End of Life (EOL). Replacement is recommended.
Credit Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale (ACN)
Public Date 2024-09-30
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