Cisco Unified Computing System Subsystem credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Computing System. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Subsystem. The manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4074. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Board Management Controller (BMC) in the Serial over LAN (SoL) subsystem in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) relies on a hardcoded private key, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information or modify the data stream by leveraging knowledge of this key, aka Bug ID CSCte90338.

The weakness was published 09/20/2013 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-4074 since 07/31/2012. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72458 (Cisco Unified Computing System Serial over LAN Static Private Key Vulnerability (CSCte90338)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87186), Tenable (72458), SecurityFocus (BID 62455†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43258†). Similar entries are available at VDB-64982, VDB-64981, VDB-64979 and VDB-64978. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Nessus ID: 72458
Nessus Name: Cisco Unified Computing System Serial over LAN Static Private Key Vulnerability (CSCte90338)
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09/17/2013 +413 days 🔍
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09/20/2013 +3 days 🔍
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02/12/2014 +145 days 🔍
02/16/2014 +4 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +401 days 🔍
01/07/2022 +2481 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-4074 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4074
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64980
X-Force: 87186
SecurityFocus: 62455 - Cisco Unified Computing System Private Key Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1029073
Vulnerability Center: 43258 - Cisco Unified Computing System 1.3 and Prior Remote Weak Encryption due to a Hardcoded Private Key, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/07/2022 17:08
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (60), 05/20/2017 10:42 (4), 01/07/2022 17:01 (3), 01/07/2022 17:08 (1)
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