Cisco Identity Services Engine Software Resource Exhaustion (cisco-sa-ise-sec-atk-dos-zw5RCUYp)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 166916

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Identity Services Engine Software is affected by a resource exhaustion vulnerability due to insufficient management of system resources. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to delay RADIUS authentications.

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 CSCvz99311

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 166916

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-sec-atk-dos-zw5RCUYp.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/3/2022

Updated: 8/25/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20937

CWE: 410

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-sec-atk-dos-zw5RCUYp

IAVA: 2022-A-0462-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvz99311

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