Cisco UCS Director Authentication Bypass (cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-authbypass)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 137243

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the remote host is running a version of Cisco UCS Director that is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrative privileges.

Solution

Apply the patch or upgrade to the version recommended in Cisco bug ID CSCvq48630

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 137243

File Name: cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-authbypass.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/9/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:ucs_director

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/UCSDirector/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1974

IAVA: 2019-A-0312-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq48630

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