Trihedral VTScada (formerly VTS) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-4523)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-04-15 · CVE-2016-4523
The WAP interface in Trihedral VTScada (formerly VTS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). CISA added CVE-2016-4523 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Apr 15, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 6, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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