Path traversal in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2019-15980

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Path traversal in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2019-15980

Published: January 6, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23976
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15980
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists in the REST API within the "ConfigArchiveRest" method called by accessing the "fm/fmrest/config/archive/restore/log" path in the service in the "getRestoreLog" component. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and and read arbitrary files on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-15980

Install updates from vendor's website.

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