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Cisco HyperFlex Software Unauthenticated Root Access (cisco-sa-20190220-chn-root-access)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139801

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series is affected by a vulnerability in the hxterm service due to insufficient authentication controls. An unauthenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user, in order to gain root access to all the nodes in the cluster.

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 CSCvk31047

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f987218e

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvk31047

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139801

File Name: cisco-sa-20190220-chn-root-access.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/25/2020

Updated: 8/26/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:/o:cisco:hyperflex_hx_data_platform

Required KB Items: Host/OS/Cisco_HyperFlex_web_API

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1664