Improper Certificate Validation in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2022-20704

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2022-20704

Published: February 2, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60251
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20704
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of the TLS server certificate that is received when establishing a connection to specific remote servers. A remote attacker can view or alter information that is shared between an affected device and specific Cisco servers , e.g. cloudsso.cisco.com and api.cisco.com.

Affected software

Cisco RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV345 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router
Cisco RV340W Dual WAN Gigabit Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV160 Series VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV260W Wireless-AC VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV260P VPN Router with POE
Cisco Small Business RV260 VPN Router
Cisco Small Business RV160W Wireless-AC VPN Router

How to mitigate CVE-2022-20704

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cisco RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26
Cisco RV345 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26
Cisco RV340 Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26
Cisco RV340W Dual WAN Gigabit Wireless-AC VPN Router - update to 1.0.03.26

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