Cisco Integrated Management Controller 3.0(1c) Web-based GUI HTTP Request input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller 3.0(1c) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based GUI. Such manipulation as part of HTTP Request leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6616. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller 3.0(1c). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Web-based GUI. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) 3.0(1c) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not sufficiently sanitize specific values that are received as part of a user-supplied HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd14578.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/20/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170419-cimc3 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-6616 since 03/09/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102363 (Cisco Integrated Management Controller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316374 (Cisco Integrated Management Controller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability(cisco-sa-20170419-cimc3)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (102363) and SecurityFocus (BID 97928†). The entries VDB-100415, VDB-100414 and VDB-100413 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
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Nessus ID: 102363
Nessus Name: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170419-cimc3
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6616 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6616
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100412
SecurityFocus: 97928 - Cisco Integrated Management Controller CVE-2017-6616 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6616 - Cisco - IMC - Code Execution Issue

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Created: 04/21/2017 09:31
Updated: 12/21/2020 11:25
Changes: 04/21/2017 09:31 (74), 09/19/2020 09:47 (8), 12/21/2020 11:25 (2)
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