VDB-112978 · CVE-2018-0116 · BID 102968

Cisco Policy Suite up to 14.0.0.125 RADIUS Ruthentication improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Cisco Policy Suite up to 14.0.0.125. This affects an unknown function of the component RADIUS Ruthentication. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-0116. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Policy Suite up to 14.0.0.125. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component RADIUS Ruthentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the RADIUS authentication module of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to be authorized as a subscriber without providing a valid password; however, the attacker must provide a valid username. The vulnerability is due to incorrect RADIUS user credential validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to access a Cisco Policy Suite domain configured with RADIUS authentication. An exploit could allow the attacker to be authorized as a subscriber without providing a valid password. This vulnerability affects the Cisco Policy Suite application running a release prior to 13.1.0 with Hotfix Patch 1 when RADIUS authentication is configured for a domain. Cisco Policy Suite Release 14.0.0 is also affected, as it includes vulnerable code, but RADIUS authentication is not officially supported in Cisco Policy Suite Releases 14.0.0 and later. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg40124.

The bug was discovered 02/07/2018. The weakness was presented 02/08/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20180207-cps as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-0116 since 11/27/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 102968†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

Policy Suite

Version

14.0.0.125

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/27/2017 🔍
02/07/2018 +72 days 🔍
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02/08/2018 +1 days 🔍
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02/08/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/02/2021 +1090 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20180207-cps
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-0116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112978
SecurityFocus: 102968 - Cisco Policy Suite CVE-2018-0116 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2018 18:20
Updated: 02/02/2021 17:20
Changes: 02/08/2018 18:20 (62), 01/02/2020 17:20 (5), 02/02/2021 17:20 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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