Cisco Unified Computing System Certificates input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Unified Computing System. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Certificates. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-4117. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Unified Computing System (Virtualization Software) (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The fabric-interconnect component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly verify X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to watch SSL KVM video-channel traffic or modify this traffic via a crafted certificate, aka Bug ID CSCtr73033.

The weakness was shared 10/19/2013 as CSCtr73033 as confirmed security notice (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4117 since 07/31/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/01/2019).

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

The entries VDB-65328, VDB-65323, VDB-65322 and VDB-65321 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Timelineinfo

07/31/2012 🔍
10/19/2013 +445 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +521 days 🔍
03/01/2019 +1438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCtr73033
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-4117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65324
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 03/01/2019 18:16
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (48), 03/01/2019 18:16 (1)
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