Cisco UCS Manager Software CLI Command Injection (cisco-sa-20200226-fxos-ucs-cmdinj)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134568

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco UCS Manager Software is affected by a vulnerability in the CLI due to insufficient input validation. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by including crafted arguments to specific commands, in order to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying OS with the privileges of the currently logged-in user. On Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects, the injected commands are executed with root privileges.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvp44264, CSCvp44281, and CSCvr58699.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a5d34d6d

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvp44264

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvp44281

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvr58699

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134568

File Name: cisco-sa-20200226-ucs-cmdinj.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/13/2020

Updated: 3/16/2020

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_computing_system

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/cisco_ucs_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3167

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20200226-fxos-ucs-cmdinj

IAVA: 2020-A-0085

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvp44264, CSCvp44281, CSCvr58699