Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-capic-mdvul-HBsJBuvW)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 152936

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:
- A command injection vulnerability exists in Cisco APIC due to invalid input validation. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending specially crafted requests, to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-1580)

- An arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in Cisco APIC due to improper access control. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to upload arbitrary files on the remote host. (CVE-2021-1581)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvw57577, CSCvw57581

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1c1c7a91

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvw57577

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvw57581

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 152936

File Name: cisco-sa-capic-mdvul-HBsJBuvW.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2021

Updated: 5/9/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1580

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1581

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1580, CVE-2021-1581

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-capic-mdvul-HBsJBuvW

IAVA: 2021-A-0403

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvw57577, CSCvw57581