Man-in-the-middle attack in Cisco Prime Infrastructure



Published: 2019-02-22
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-1659
CWE-ID CWE-300
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU17840

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1659

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.

The vulnerability exists in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) integration feature due to improper validation of the server SSL certificate when establishing the SSL tunnel with ISE. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted SSL certificate, intercept communications between the ISE and PI and view and alter potentially sensitive information that the ISE maintains about clients that are connected to the network.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Prime Infrastructure: 3.5.0.0

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190220-prime-validation


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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