SNMP community string disclosure vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers in Cisco ASR 5000 Series - CVE-2016-1452
Published: July 14, 2016 / Updated: July 18, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1452
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Cisco ASR 5000 Series
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain an SNMP password on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the configured SNMP community string is not confidential. A remote unauthenticated attacker can obtain the SNMP read-write community string on the target system by sending a specially crafted SNMP query to view the read-write SNMP community string on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of authentication information.
The vulnerability exists due to the configured SNMP community string is not confidential. A remote unauthenticated attacker can obtain the SNMP read-write community string on the target system by sending a specially crafted SNMP query to view the read-write SNMP community string on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in disclosure of authentication information.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1452
Putch for this vulnerability is avaliable through the Cisco Bug Search Tool.