Denial of service in Cisco UCS Manager Software
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-3504 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc Cisco UCS Manager Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration |
| Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU46100
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3504
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of CLI command parameters in the local management (local-mgmt) CLI. A local user can execute specific commands on the local-mgmt CLI and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsUCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects: All versions
Cisco UCS Manager: 4.0
External linkshttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucs-cli-dos-GQUxCnTe
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
