Osicom Routermate SNMP Community Name improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Osicom Routermate. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SNMP. Such manipulation of the argument Community Name with the input ROUTERmate leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0792. There is not any exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Osicom Routermate (Router Operating System) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SNMP. The manipulation of the argument Community Name with the input value ROUTERmate 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

ROUTERmate has a default SNMP community name which allows remote attackers to modify its configuration.

The weakness was released 09/01/1998 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www2.merton.ox.ac.uk. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0792. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10264 (SNMP Agent Default Community Names), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SNMP and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 78031 (Writeable SNMP Information).

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling udp/161 (snmp).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4290), Tenable (10264) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5537†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4154, VDB-14201, VDB-14230 and VDB-14246. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 10264
Nessus Name: SNMP Agent Default Community Names
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OpenVAS ID: 802243
OpenVAS Name: Report default community names of the SNMP Agent
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: www2.merton.ox.ac.uk
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0792 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0792
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14216
X-Force: 4290
Vulnerability Center: 5537 - ROUTERmate Default SNMP Community String, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 17:25
Updated: 06/23/2021 08:11
Changes: 06/19/2014 17:25 (71), 05/25/2019 10:02 (2), 06/23/2021 08:11 (3)
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