ICS Advisories

Risk evaluation

An update is available that resolves a vulnerability identified by B&Rs internal security analysis in the product versions listed as affected in this advisory. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could take over a remote session or execute code in the context of the user’s browser session.

Mitigation summary

The problem is corrected in Automation Runtime 6.4. The System Diagnostic Manager (SDM) is disabled by default in Automation Runtime 6 and is not intended be enabled on active systems located outside properly secured production networks or in facilities lacking adequate physical and logical access controls to prevent any form of unauthorized interaction. For customers who use SDM on their systems, B&R recommends applying the update based on risk assessment at the earliest convenience. The process to install updates is described in the user manual. The step to identify the installed product version is described in the user manual.