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Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) 2.x < 2.3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206672

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) installed on the remote Windows host is 2.x prior to 2.3.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system by using a static administrative credential. (CVE-2024-20439)

 - A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. (CVE-2024-20440)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco Smart Licensing Utility 2.3.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bef44268

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwi41731

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwi47950

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206672

File Name: cisco_smart_licensing_utility_2_3_0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/5/2024

Updated: 3/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20439

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:cisco:smart_licensing_utility

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Cisco Smart Licensing Utility

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20439, CVE-2024-20440