SB2018042309 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco MATE
Published: April 23, 2018 Updated: April 23, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018042309
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0259)
CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct CSRF attack on the target system.
The weakness exists in the web-based management interface due to insufficient CSRF protection. A remote attacker can trick the victim into following a malicious link or visiting an attacker-controlled website, submit arbitrary requests via the device manager web interface with elevated privileges.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0260)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct CSRF attack on the target system.
The weakness exists in the web interface due to lack of proper input validation and authorization of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a malicious HTTP request to the targeted application to view and download the contents of certain web application virtual directories.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.