Cisco Data Center Network Manager REST/SOAP path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Cisco Data Center Network Manager. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component REST/SOAP. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2019-15980. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Data Center Network Manager (unknown version). Affected is an unknown code block of the component REST/SOAP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the REST and SOAP API endpoints and the Application Framework feature of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks on an affected device. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker would need administrative privileges on the DCNM application. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory. Note: The severity of these vulnerabilities is aggravated by the vulnerabilities described in the Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities advisory, published simultaneously with this one.

The weakness was shared 01/06/2020 as cisco-sa-20200102-dcnm-path-tr as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-15980 since 09/06/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-148315 and VDB-148316 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Network Management Software

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• Cisco

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• Data Center Network Manager

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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