Cisco IOS up to 12.0.1 SNMP information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component SNMP Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1434. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.0.1 (Router Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component SNMP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco IOS 12.0(5)XU through 12.1(2) allows remote attackers to read system administration and topology information via an "snmp-server host" command, which creates a readable "community" community string if one has not been previously created.

The weakness was published 02/28/2001 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1434 since 04/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48952 (Cisco IOS Software Multiple SNMP Community String Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting no snmp-server. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6178), Tenable (48952), SecurityFocus (BID 5030†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2517†). Similar entries are available at VDB-16476 and VDB-22891. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 48952
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Multiple SNMP Community String Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Config: no snmp-server

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02/28/2001 🔍
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10/15/2003 +959 days 🔍
04/21/2005 +554 days 🔍
09/01/2010 +1959 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +1401 days 🔍
11/17/2024 +3790 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1434 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1434
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16475
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X-Force: 6178 - Cisco IOS SNMP server community string
SecurityFocus: 5030
Vulnerability Center: 2517 - [cisco-sa-20010228-ios-snmp-community] Cisco IOS SNMP read-only community string, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 12:53 PM
Updated: 11/17/2024 04:02 AM
Changes: 07/03/2014 12:53 PM (69), 05/16/2019 09:00 AM (2), 11/17/2024 04:02 AM (17)
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