#VU20453 OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1634

 

#VU20453 OS Command Injection in Cisco Integrated Management Controller - CVE-2019-1634

Published: August 29, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20453
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1634
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Integrated Management Controller
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied commands in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). A remote authenticated administrator with access to the network where the IPMI resides can submit a specially crafted input to the affected commands and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

This vulnerability affects the following products that are running Cisco IMC Software:

  • UCS C-Series and S-Series Servers in standalone mode
  • UCS E-Series Servers
  • 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) Platforms


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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