VDB-124855 · CVE-2018-0462 · BID 105291

Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software User Management input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component User Management. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-0462. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component User Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the user management functionality of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-provided input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in with a highly privileged user account and performing a sequence of specific user management operations that interfere with the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to permanently degrade the functionality of the affected system.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2018. The weakness was published 10/05/2018 by Security Team as cisco-sa-20180905-nfvis-dos1 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-0462 since 11/26/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 30 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105291†). Similar entries are available at VDB-124854 and VDB-124853. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/26/2017 🔍
09/05/2018 +282 days 🔍
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10/05/2018 +29 days 🔍
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10/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/30/2020 +541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20180905-nfvis-dos1
Researcher: Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-0462 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124855
SecurityFocus: 105291 - Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software CVE-2018-0462 Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2018 07:50
Updated: 03/30/2020 10:32
Changes: 10/06/2018 07:50 (61), 03/30/2020 10:32 (4)
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