Philips e-Alert Vulnerabilities

Philips Healthcare have disclosed several vulnerabilities in their e-Alert MRI monitoring solution.

Threat ID:: CC-2649
Category:
Threat Severity:: Low
Threat Vector:
Published:: 3 September 2018 12:00 AM

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Summary

Philips Healthcare have disclosed several vulnerabilities in their e-Alert MRI monitoring solution.

Threat details

Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthenticated local user to execute arbitrary code, cause denial-of-service conditions, falsify user and device input or collect unit information from an affected device.

Philips Healthcare have stated there is no risk to patient safety or identifiable information.

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Remediation steps

Type	Step
	Philips released e-Alert version R2.1 in June 2018 to address some of these vulnerabilities, and have stated that a second update will be made available before the end of 2018 to address the remaining vulnerabilities. Users and administrators are encouraged to contact their relevant providers and ensure these updates are applied as they become available.