VDB-140570 · CVE-2019-1974 · GCVE-0-2019-1974

Cisco Integrated Management Controller Web-based Management Interface Request Header improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller, UCS Director and UCS Director Express for Big Data. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Such manipulation as part of Request Header leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-1974. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Integrated Management Controller, UCS Director and UCS Director Express for Big Data (Virtualization Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation as part of a Request Header leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass user authentication and gain access as an administrative user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient request header validation during the authentication process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious requests to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain full administrative access to the affected device.

The weakness was published 08/21/2019 as cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-aut as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-1974 since 12/06/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Virtualization Software

Vendor

Cisco

Name

License

commercial

Website

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

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/06/2018 🔍
08/21/2019 +258 days 🔍
08/22/2019 +1 days 🔍
11/28/2023 +1559 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-aut
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-1974 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1974
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-140570
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2019 09:52
Updated: 11/28/2023 13:26
Changes: 08/22/2019 09:52 (42), 08/02/2020 18:14 (18), 11/28/2023 13:26 (14)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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