Cisco Firewall Services Module Software up to 4.0 improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firewall Services Module Software up to 4.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Firewall Services Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services module in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 7.0 before 7.0(8.13), 7.1 and 7.2 before 7.2(5.3), 8.0 before 8.0(5.24), 8.1 before 8.1(2.50), 8.2 before 8.2(5), 8.3 before 8.3(2.18), 8.4 before 8.4(1.10), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.1) and Cisco Firewall Services Module (aka FWSM) 3.1 before 3.1(21), 3.2 before 3.2(22), 4.0 before 4.0(16), and 4.1 before 4.1(7) allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted TACACS+ reply, aka Bug IDs CSCto40365 and CSCto74274.

The weakness was published 10/06/2011 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3298. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56631 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20111005-asa)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43219 (Cisco ASA 5500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20111005-asa)).

Upgrading to version 3.2%282%29 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (70328) and Tenable (56631). Similar entries are available at 58871, 58870, 58869 and 58868.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 56631
Nessus Name: Cisco ASA 5500 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20111005-asa)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firewall Services Module Software 3.2%282%29

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08/29/2011 🔍
10/05/2011 +37 days 🔍
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10/06/2011 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-3298 (🔍)
X-Force: 70328
Vulnerability Center: 33458 - [cisco-sa-20111005-fwsm] Cisco ASA 5000 and FWSM Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 49951 - Multiple Cisco Products SunRPC/ILS Inspections Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/23/2021 09:52
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (59), 04/03/2017 17:45 (10), 11/23/2021 09:49 (3), 11/23/2021 09:52 (1)
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