Cisco Integrated Management Controller Authorization Bypass (cisco-sa-cimc-auth-zWkppJxL)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142493

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch (cisco-sa-cimc-auth-zWkppJxL)

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) is affected by an authorization bypass vulnerability due to improper authorization checks on API endpoints. An authenticate, remote attacker can exploit this issue, by sending malicious requests to an API endpoint, to bypass authorization and take actions on a vulnerable system without authorization.

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 CSCvv07287, CSCvv95114

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78f235b6

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvv07287

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvv95114

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142493

File Name: cisco-sa-cimc-auth-zWkppJxL.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/6/2020

Updated: 11/9/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26063

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:integrated_management_controller

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/CIMC/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26063

CWE: 269

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cimc-auth-zWkppJxL

IAVA: 2020-A-0502

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvv07287, CSCvv95114