Cisco Transport Controller memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Transport Controller. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-1672. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Transport Controller (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The installation of Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) for Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) 15000 series nodes adds a Java policy file entry with a wildcard that grants the java.security.AllPermission permission to any http URL containing "fs/LAUNCHER.jar", which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a CTC workstation, aka bug ID CSCea25049.

The weakness was disclosed 04/05/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1672 since 04/07/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25647), SecurityFocus (BID 17384†), OSVDB (24438†), Secunia (SA19553†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015871†). The entries VDB-29546, VDB-29545, VDB-83762 and VDB-83763 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1672 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1672
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29547
X-Force: 25647 - Cisco ONS CTC Launcher java.policy permissions code execution
SecurityFocus: 17384 - Cisco Optical Networking System and Transport Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19553 - Cisco Optical Networking System 15000 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24438 - Cisco ONS 15000 Series CTC Launcher java.policy Permission Weakness Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1015871 - Cisco Transport Controller Installs With Broad Java Policy Permissions Which Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vupen: ADV-2006-1256

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/10/2017 10:37
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (58), 09/10/2017 10:37 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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