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Cisco Data Center Network Manager Path Traversal (cisco-sa-dcnm-patrav-pW9RkhyW)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140100

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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 a vulnerability in a specific REST API method due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a crafted request to the API, in order to overwrite arbitrary files.

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 CSCvt86736

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f3dc2742

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvt86736

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140100

File Name: cisco-sa-dcnm-patrav-pW9RkhyW.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2020

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3519

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Prime DCNM, installed_sw/cisco_dcnm_web

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3519

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-dcnm-patrav-pW9RkhyW

IAVA: 2020-A-0279-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvt86736