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Arista Networks CloudVision Portal Password Exposure (SA0045)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138219

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Synopsis

The version of Arista Networks CloudVision Portal running on the remote device is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Arista Networks CloudVision Portal running on the remote device is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. Under certain conditions, the application logs user passwords in plain text for certain API calls, potentially leading to user password exposure.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number. To retrieve patch level information this plugin requires the HTTP credentials of the web console.

Solution

Upgrade to a fixed version as referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?61cd980b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138219

File Name: arista_cvp_sa0045.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/8/2020

Updated: 7/9/2020

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:arista:cloudvision_portal

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Arista CloudVision Portal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18615