Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass (cisco-sa-dcnm-auth-bypass-JkubGpu3)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 139539

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Data Center Network Manager is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability due to a failure in the software to perform proper authentication. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by browsing to one of the hosted URLs in Cisco DCNM, in order to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions on an affected device.

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 CSCvt54527

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3ac5c05f

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvt54527

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 139539

File Name: cisco-sa-dcnm-auth-bypass-JkubGpu3.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/12/2020

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3376

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:data_center_network_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3376

CWE: 306

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-dcnm-auth-bypass-JkubGpu3

IAVA: 2020-A-0279-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvt54527