Cisco Secure ACS up to 3.1.1 on Windows Admin memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Secure ACS up to 3.1.1 on Windows. This impacts an unknown function of the component Admin. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-0210. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure ACS up to 3.1.1 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Admin. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the administration service (CSAdmin) for Cisco Secure ACS before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long user parameter to port 2002.

The weakness was disclosed 04/23/2003 by Yang Yu with NSFOCUS Security Team (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0210 since 04/15/2003. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11556 (CiscoSecure ACS for Windows CSAdmin Login Overflow DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38192 (Cisco Secure ACS Management Interface).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1250. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3749.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11840), Tenable (11556), SecurityFocus (BID 7413†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2132†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 11556
Nessus Name: CiscoSecure ACS for Windows CSAdmin Login Overflow DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 11556
OpenVAS Name: CISCO Secure ACS Management Interface Login Overflow
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Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: cisco.com

Snort ID: 1250
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Yang Yu
Organization: NSFOCUS Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0210 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0210
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42
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X-Force: 11840
SecurityFocus: 7413 - Cisco Secure ACS Management Interface Login Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2132 - [cisco-sa-20030423-ACS] Buffer Overflow in Cisco Secure CSA <3.1.2 Enables DoS or Code Execution, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 04/23/2003 02:00
Updated: 08/23/2025 13:15
Changes: 04/23/2003 02:00 (73), 06/12/2018 23:20 (9), 03/08/2021 08:49 (2), 10/28/2024 21:56 (21), 08/23/2025 13:15 (5)
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