Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web Interface HTTP Request resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Cisco Integrated Management Controller and UCS Director Software. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. Executing a manipulation as part of HTTP Request can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-15404. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller and UCS Director Software (Virtualization Software) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Web Interface. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor and Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the size or total amount of resources allowed via the web interface. An attacker who has valid credentials for the application could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted or malformed HTTP request to the web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause oversubscription of system resources or cause a component to become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS condition.

The bug was discovered 10/03/2018. The weakness was released 10/05/2018 as cisco-sa-20181003-imcs-ucsd-do as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-15404 since 08/17/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. 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 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-124907. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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

08/17/2018 🔍
10/03/2018 +47 days 🔍
10/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/05/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/30/2020 +541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20181003-imcs-ucsd-do
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-15404 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15404
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124906
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2018 12:58
Updated: 03/30/2020 16:54
Changes: 10/06/2018 12:58 (61), 03/30/2020 16:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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