Cisco IOS Software Authentication Proxy Vulnerability - Cisco Systems

high Nessus Plugin ID 49040

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

Cisco IOS Software configured with Authentication Proxy for HTTP(S), Web Authentication or the consent feature, contains a vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated session to bypass the authentication proxy server or bypass the consent webpage.
Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.
There are no workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20090923-auth-proxy.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8dd0851e

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b837e9f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49040

File Name: cisco-sa-20090923-auth-proxyhttp.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2863

BID: 36491

CWE: 287

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20090923-auth-proxy

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCsy15227