Cisco IP Communicator Certificate Trust List Manipulation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69802

Synopsis

The remote host has a softphone application installed that is affected by an information modification vulnerability.

Description

The version of Cisco IP Communicator is 8.6(1). Such versions are potentially affected by a data modification vulnerability. By performing a Man-in-the-Middle attack, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could replace the original Certificate Trust List with a modified one.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco IP Communicator 8.6(2) or later.

See Also

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=26606

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69802

File Name: cisco_ip_communicator_8620.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/6/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2490

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:ip_communicator

Required KB Items: SMB/Cisco IP Communicator/Path, SMB/Cisco IP Communicator/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2490

BID: 54850

IAVB: 2012-B-0080