Cisco Unified Communications Manager RCE (cisco-sa-cucm-rce-bWNzQcUm)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189531

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Unified Communications Manager running on the report host is affected by a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Due to improper processing of user-provided data that is being read into memory, an unauthenticated, remote, attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web services users.
With access to the underlying operating system, the attacker could also establish root access on the 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 CSCwd64245

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4341e9c8

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd64245

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 189531

File Name: cisco-sa-cucm-rce-bWNzQcUm.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/25/2024

Updated: 2/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20253

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_communications_manager

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/CUCM/Version, Host/Cisco/CUCM/Version_Display

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20253

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cucm-rce-bWNzQcUm

IAVA: 2024-A-0056

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwd64245