CVE-2023-0286 OpenSSL CVE debrief

Who should care

Operators and defenders responsible for ABB ARM600 / ABB M2M Gateway deployments, especially environments that use certificate validation with CRL checking or expose remote management and gateway services to broader networks.

Technical summary

The vulnerability is a structure/type mismatch in handling X.400 addresses: they were parsed as ASN1_STRING while the public GENERAL_NAME definition incorrectly declared x400Address as ASN1_TYPE. In affected ABB M2M Gateway ARM600 and SW versions, when CRL checking is enabled, this type confusion can cause a memcmp call to operate on attacker-influenced pointers. The supplied description indicates confidentiality impact (memory contents may be read) and availability impact (denial of service), with no integrity impact in the provided CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

Defensive priority

Medium, with higher urgency in any deployment that enables CRL checking or relies on affected gateway versions for remote connectivity. Prioritize remediation during the next maintenance window and apply compensating controls immediately if patching cannot be done right away.

Recommended defensive actions

• Inventory ABB M2M Gateway ARM600 and ABB M2M Gateway SW instances and compare them to the affected version ranges in the advisory.
• Reduce or eliminate internet exposure for the ARM600; if remote access is required, limit exposure to the VPN port only.
• Use a DMZ for internet-terminated VPN connections where feasible.
• Apply firewall allowlisting so only required ports, protocols, and hosts are permitted.
• Use non-default, unique, strong administrative credentials and restrict administrator/root use to required tasks.
• Keep supporting engineering/configuration PCs updated, malware-scanned, and dedicated where possible.
• Back up device configurations and validate that backups can be restored.
• Use continuous monitoring and intrusion detection/prevention to detect anomalous behavior around remote access and certificate-handling paths.

Evidence notes

All factual claims are drawn from the supplied CISA CSAF advisory for ICSA-25-105-08 and the ABB references listed in the source corpus. The advisory explicitly names the affected ABB products and version ranges, describes the CRL-checking condition and memcmp pointer issue, and provides mitigation guidance. No KEV entry was supplied.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.