Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 4.6(0) User Account denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 4.6(0). The affected element is an unknown function of the component User Account. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-1436. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 4.6(0). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Transaction Language 1 (TL1) login interface in Cisco ONS 15327 4.6(0) and 4.6(1) and 15454 and 15454 SDH 4.6(0) and 4.6(1), when a user account is configured with a blank password, allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by logging in with a password larger than 10 characters.

The bug was discovered 07/21/2004. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 with Cisco as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1436 since 02/13/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16201 (Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040721-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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16766), Tenable (16201), SecurityFocus (BID 10768†), OSVDB (8155†) and Secunia (SA12117†). The entries VDB-768, VDB-22729, VDB-22730 and VDB-22731 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16201
Nessus Name: Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040721-ons)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1436 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1436
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22732
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X-Force: 16766
SecurityFocus: 10768 - Cisco ONS Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12117 - Cisco ONS 15000 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 8155 - CVE-2004-1436 - Cisco - ONS 15000 Series - Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 13905 - [cisco-sa-20040721-ons] Cisco ONS Unauthorized Access via Long Password, High

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Created: 02/27/2015 15:51
Updated: 01/22/2025 15:27
Changes: 02/27/2015 15:51 (68), 07/13/2019 13:04 (8), 01/22/2025 15:27 (17)
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