Cisco Service Control Engine prior 3.0 Management Interface improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Service Control Engine. This affects an unknown function of the component Management Interface. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-0536. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Service Control Engine. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the SSH server in (1) Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.0, and (2) Icon Labs Iconfidant SSH before 2.3.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (management interface outage) via SSH traffic that occurs during management operations and triggers "illegal I/O operations," aka Bug ID CSCsh49563.

The bug was discovered 05/21/2008. The weakness was published 05/22/2008 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0536 since 01/31/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42566), SecurityFocus (BID 29609†), OSVDB (45688†), Secunia (SA30316†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020074†). Similar entries are available at VDB-42489 and VDB-42488. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Service Control Engine 3.0

Timelineinfo

01/31/2008 🔍
05/21/2008 +111 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0536 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0536
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42490
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X-Force: 42566
SecurityFocus: 29609 - Icon Labs Iconfidant SSH Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30316
OSVDB: 45688 - Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) management agent denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1020074
Vulnerability Center: 18452 - [cisco-sa-20080521-sce] Cisco SCE DoS Caused by an IO Error in The Management Agent, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1604

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 11/28/2024 16:13
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (60), 08/10/2019 16:26 (11), 11/28/2024 16:13 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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