Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance up to 6.5.0.0 cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance up to 6.5.0.0. This affects an unknown code block of the component Encryption. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

PXE Encryption in Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance 6.2.4 before 6.2.4.1.1, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7 before 6.2.7.7, 6.3 before 6.3.0.4, and 6.5 before 6.5.0.2; and Cisco IronPort PostX 6.2.1 before 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.2 before 6.2.2.3; allows remote attackers to obtain the decryption key via unspecified vectors, related to a "logic error."

The bug was discovered 01/14/2009. The weakness was shared 01/14/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0053 since 01/07/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 6.5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (47949). The entries 45942, 45941 and 45940 are related to this item.

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Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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OpenVAS ID: 64165
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu USN-707-1 (cupsys)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IronPort Encryption Appliance 6.5.0.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0053 (🔍)
X-Force: 47949
SecurityTracker: 1021593
Vulnerability Center: 20521 - [cisco-sa-20090114-ironport] Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance PXE Allows to Obtain Decryption Key, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33268 - Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance and PostX Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33479
OSVDB: 51395 - Cisco IronPort Products Secure E-mail Message Decryption Key Remote Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2009-0140

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/23/2019 20:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/23/2019 20:19 (8)
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