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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Secure Shell Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
medium Nessus Plugin ID 124333
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) is affected by following vulnerability- A vulnerability in certain access control mechanisms for the Secure Shell (SSH) server implementation for Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access a CLI instance on an affected device.The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input- and validation-checking mechanisms for inbound SSH connections on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to establish an SSH connection to an affected controller. An exploit could allow the attacker to access an affected device's CLI to potentially cause further attacks. (CVE-2019-1805)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvk79421See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 124333
File Name: cisco-sa-20190417-wlc-ssh.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 4/26/2019
Updated: 5/14/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1805
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software, cpe:/h:cisco:wireless_lan_controller
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/WLC/Version, Host/Cisco/WLC/Port
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-1805
BID: 108003