Cisco ONS15327/ONS15454 up to 3.3 TCC/TCC+/XTC Password missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco ONS15327 and ONS15454 up to 3.3. This affects an unknown part of the component TCC/TCC+/XTC. Performing a manipulation results in missing encryption (Password). This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-1554. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco ONS15327 and ONS15454 up to 3.3. This affects some unknown functionality of the component TCC/TCC+/XTC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco ONS15454 and ONS15327 running ONS before 3.4 stores usernames and passwords in cleartext in the image database for the TCC, TCC+ or XTC, which could allow attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the passwords from the image database or a backup.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2002. The weakness was presented 03/31/2003 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1554. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 151 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16202 (Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040219-ONS)), 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.

Upgrading to version 3.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 12 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10506), Tenable (16202), SecurityFocus (BID 6078†), OSVDB (8924†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6901†). See VDB-522, VDB-18888, VDB-20252 and VDB-20254 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Password
Class: Missing encryption / Password
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 16202
Nessus Name: Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040219-ONS)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ONS15327/ONS15454 3.4

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10/31/2002 🔍
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03/31/2003 +151 days 🔍
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02/19/2004 +325 days 🔍
01/18/2005 +334 days 🔍
01/25/2005 +7 days 🔍
08/08/2014 +3482 days 🔍
05/29/2019 +1755 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20253
X-Force: 10506
SecurityFocus: 6078 - Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms Plaintext Credentials Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8924 - Cisco - OT Platforms - Plaintext Credentials in Running Image Database
Vulnerability Center: 6901 - [cisco-sa-20021031-ons-vulnerability] Cisco ONS Stores Usernames and Passwords in Cleartext, Medium

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Created: 08/08/2014 11:48
Updated: 05/29/2019 14:56
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:48 (71), 05/29/2019 14:56 (4)
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