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CVE-2017-7905

A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.4…

Impact

A Weak Cryptography for Passwords issue was discovered in General Electric (GE) Multilin SR 750 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 760 Feeder Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 7.47; SR 469 Motor Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 489 Generator Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 4.06; SR 745 Transformer Protection Relay, firmware versions prior to Version 5.23; SR 369 Motor Protection Relay, all firmware versions; Multilin Universal Relay, firmware Version 6.0 and prior versions; and Multilin URplus (D90, C90, B95), all versions. Ciphertext versions of user passwords were created with a non-random initialization vector leaving them susceptible to dictionary attacks. Ciphertext of user passwords can be obtained from the front LCD panel of affected products and through issued Modbus commands.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
GeMultilin Sr 750 Feeder Protection Relay Firmware
through 5.02
GeMultilin Sr 760 Feeder Protection Relay Firmware
through 5.02
GeMultilin Sr 469 Motor Protection Relay Firmware
through 2.90
GeMultilin Sr 489 Generator Protection Relay Firmware
through 1.53
GeMultilin Sr 745 Transformer Protection Relay Firmware
through 2.85
GeMultilin Sr 369 Motor Protection Relay Firmware
All versions
GeMultilin Universal Relay Firmware
through 6.0
GeMultilin Urplus D90 Firmware
All versions
GeMultilin Urplus C90 Firmware
All versions
GeMultilin Urplus B95 Firmware
All versions

Weakness classification

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