Cisco Unified Computing System Cisco Management Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability (CSCtg20734)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72487

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Management Controller of the Cisco Unified Computing System could allow an authenticated, local attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition.

The vulnerability is due to improper parameter input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing invalid parameters to the MCTools application, causing the MCServer application to terminate. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a DoS condition.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Bug Id CSCtg20734.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72487

File Name: cisco-sn-CSCtg20734-ucs.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 2/13/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_computing_system_software

Required KB Items: www/cisco_ucs_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4081

BID: 62488

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtg20734

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