Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller up to 12.2.1 Backup File cleartext storage in file

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller. This affects an unknown function of the component Backup File Handler. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage in file. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-20448. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Backup File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage in file vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-313. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext in a file, or on disk. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) software, formerly Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), could allow an attacker with access to a backup file to view sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to the improper storage of sensitive information within config only and full backup files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by parsing the contents of a backup file that is generated from an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information, including NDFC-connected device credentials, the NDFC site manager private key, and the scheduled backup file encryption key.

The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20448 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1555 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller

Version

• 7.0(1)
• 7.0(2)
• 7.1(1)
• 7.1(2)
• 7.2(1)
• 7.2(2)
• 7.2(2a)
• 7.2(3)
• 10.0(1)
• 10.1(1)
• 10.1(2)
• 10.2(1)
• 10.3(1)
• 10.3(1)R(1)
• 10.3(2)IPFM
• 10.4(1)
• 10.4(2)
• 11.0(1)
• 11.1(1)
• 11.2(1)
• 11.3(1)
• 11.4(1)
• 11.5(1)
• 11.5(2)
• 11.5(3)
• 11.5(3a)
• 11.5(4)
• 12.0.1a
• 12.0.2d
• 12.0.2f
• 12.1(1)
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.1e
• 12.1.1p
• 12.1.2e
• 12.1.2p
• 12.1.3b
• 12.2.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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