Hanwha Recorder Vulnerability Analyzed

Author: Brian Karas, Published on May 18, 2017

ICS-CERT has released a vulnerability notice for Hanwha SRN-4000 recorders.

Hanwha provided additional information to IPVM about this issue, including other models impacted by the same vulnerability that are not listed on the ICS-CERT release. In this report we provide details on the vulnerability, affected products, and firmware builds for these products to resolve this vulnerability.

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Comments (16)

Robert Shih

IPVM | 05/18/17 06:49pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Robert Shih | 05/18/17 07:37pm

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In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/17 09:27pm

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In reply to John Honovich | 05/18/17 11:14pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #3 | 05/18/17 11:40pm

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Marty Calhoun

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Brian Karas | 05/19/17 10:17am

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Marty Calhoun | 05/19/17 11:45am

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In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #3 | 05/19/17 04:48am

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In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #4 | 05/19/17 07:08am

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Undisclosed Integrator #3

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #2 | 05/19/17 06:56pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #2

In reply to Robert Shih | 05/18/17 11:00pm

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In reply to Robert Shih | 05/19/17 09:30am

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In reply to Undisclosed Distributor #5 | 05/19/17 02:30pm

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IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Distributor #5 | 05/19/17 02:44pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #7

In reply to Robert Shih | 05/19/17 03:45pm

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05/22/17 01:09pm

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