Cisco Integrated Management Controller up to 3.0(1c) Identification Mangement improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller up to 3.0(1c). It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Identification Mangement. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-6617. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller up to 3.0(1c). This affects an unknown code block of the component Identification Mangement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the session identification management functionality of the web-based GUI of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) 3.0(1c) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack a valid user session on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not assign a new session identifier to a user session when a user authenticates to the web-based GUI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a hijacked session identifier to connect to the software through the web-based GUI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to hijack an authenticated user's browser session on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd14583.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was presented 04/20/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170419-cimc2 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6617 since 03/09/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102362 (Cisco Integrated Management Controller User Session Hijacking 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 316372 (Cisco Integrated Management Controller User Session Hijacking Vulnerability(cisco-sa-20170419-cimc2)).

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 (102362) and SecurityFocus (BID 97929†). See VDB-100415, VDB-100414 and VDB-100412 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 102362
Nessus Name: Cisco Integrated Management Controller User Session Hijacking Vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Integrated Management Controller User Session Hijacking Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170419-cimc2
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6617 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6617
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100413
SecurityFocus: 97929 - Cisco Integrated Management Controller CVE-2017-6617 Session Hijacking Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6617 - Cisco - IMC - Session Hijacking Issue

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Created: 04/21/2017 09:31
Updated: 12/21/2020 11:30
Changes: 04/21/2017 09:31 (74), 09/19/2020 09:51 (8), 12/21/2020 11:30 (3)
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