Host SNMP Service access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Host. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SNMP Service. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-0012. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host (affected version unknown). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SNMP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerabilities in a large number of SNMP implementations allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via SNMPv1 trap handling, as demonstrated by the PROTOS c06-SNMPv1 test suite. NOTE: It is highly likely that this candidate will be SPLIT into multiple candidates, one or more for each vendor. This and other SNMP-related candidates will be updated when more accurate information is available.

The weakness was published 02/13/2002 with Oulu University Secure Programming Group as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/30/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48963 (Malformed SNMP Message-Handling Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38254 (Cisco IOS Malformed SNMP Message-Handling Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1409. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1221.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8177), Tenable (48963), SecurityFocus (BID 5043†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1180†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 48963
Nessus Name: Malformed SNMP Message-Handling Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Snort ID: 1409
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-SNMP community string buffer overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2101414
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02/12/2002 🔍
02/13/2002 +1 days 🔍
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02/13/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2002 +125 days 🔍
06/04/2003 +351 days 🔍
09/01/2010 +2646 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +1409 days 🔍
12/30/2024 +3825 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17935

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X-Force: 8177
SecurityFocus: 5043 - HP MPE/iX Malformed SNMP Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1180 - [cisco-sa-20020211-snmp-msgs-non-ios, cisco-sa-20020212-snmp-msgs] Multiple Vendors SNMP Trap Handling Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:37
Updated: 12/30/2024 21:47
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:37 (80), 05/09/2019 21:07 (2), 12/30/2024 21:47 (17)
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