Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in Cisco Prime Infrastructure - CVE-2019-1659
Published: February 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17840
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1659
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1659
Install updates from vendor's website.