Cisco Unified Computing System up to 1.2(1a) UDP memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cisco Unified Computing System up to 1.2(1a). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component UDP Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1183. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Computing System up to 1.2(1a) (Virtualization Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component UDP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) functionality in the Manager component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) 1.0 and 1.1 before 1.1(1j) and 1.2 before 1.2(1b) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed data in a UDP packet, aka Bug ID CSCtd32371.

The weakness was disclosed 04/24/2013 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20130424-ucsmulti as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Cisco. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1183 since 01/11/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/10/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69921 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System (cisco-sa-20130424-ucsmulti)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 1.2(1b) eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83771), Tenable (69921), SecurityFocus (BID 59453†), OSVDB (92763†) and Secunia (SA53188†). The entries VDB-8535, VDB-8539, VDB-8540 and VDB-8541 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69921
Nessus Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Computing System (cisco-sa-20130424-ucsmulti)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unified Computing System 1.2(1b)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20130424-ucsmulti
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1183 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1183
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8537

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X-Force: 83771
SecurityFocus: 59453 - Cisco Unified Computing System IPMI CVE-2013-1183 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 53188 - Cisco Unified Computing System Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 92763
Vulnerability Center: 39380 - [cisco-sa-20130424-ucsmulti] Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) IPMI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Packet to UDP Port 623, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2013 10:22
Updated: 05/10/2021 09:41
Changes: 05/02/2013 10:22 (76), 04/28/2017 10:04 (4), 05/10/2021 09:41 (2)
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Committer: olku
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