Cisco Security Advisory

Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20100217-csa

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20100217-csa

Revision 1.2

For Public Release 2010 February 17 16:00  UTC (GMT)

Summary

The Management Center for Cisco Security Agents is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability and a SQL injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation of the directory traversal vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to view and download arbitrary files from the server hosting the Management Center. Successful exploitation of the SQL injection vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to execute SQL statements that can cause instability of the product or changes in the configuration.

Additionally, the Cisco Security Agent is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Successful exploitation of the Cisco Security Agent agent DoS vulnerability may cause the affected system to crash. Repeated exploitation could result in a sustained DoS condition.

These vulnerabilities are independent of each other.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20100217-csa.

Affected Products

The Cisco Security Agent is a security software agent that provides threat protection for server and desktop computing systems. Cisco Security Agents can be standalone agents or can be managed by the Cisco Security Agent Management Center.

The Management Center for Cisco Security Agents is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability and a SQL injection vulnerability.

Management Center for Cisco Security Agents Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The Management Center for Cisco Security Agents is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker to view and download arbitrary files from the server that is hosting the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents.

This vulnerability is documented in Cisco Bug ID CSCtd73275 ( registered customers only) and has been assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier CVE-2010-0146.

Management Center for Cisco Security Agents SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Management Center for Cisco Security Agents is also affected by a SQL injection vulnerability that may allow an authenticated attacker to execute SQL statements that can cause the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents to become unstable or modify its configuration. These configuration changes may result in modifications to the security policies of the endpoints. Additionally, an attacker may create, delete, or modify management user accounts that are found in the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents.

This vulnerability is documented in Cisco Bug ID CSCtd73290 ( registered customers only) and has been assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier CVE-2010-0147.

Cisco Security Agent Denial of service vulnerability

Cisco Security Agent is affected by a DoS vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a system to crash by sending a series of TCP packets.

Note:  Only Cisco Security Agent release 5.2 is affected by the DoS vulnerability. The Windows and Sun Solaris versions of the Cisco Security Agent are not affected by the DoS vulnerability.

This vulnerability is documented in Cisco Bug ID CSCtb89870 ( registered customers only) and has been assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier CVE-2010-0148.

Cisco has provided scores for the vulnerabilities in this advisory based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). The CVSS scoring in this Security Advisory is done in accordance with CVSS version 2.0.

CVSS is a standards-based scoring method that conveys vulnerability severity and helps determine urgency and priority of response.

Cisco has provided a base and temporal score. Customers can then compute environmental scores to assist in determining the impact of the vulnerability in individual networks.

Cisco has provided an FAQ to answer additional questions regarding CVSS at:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/cvss-qandas.html

Cisco has also provided a CVSS calculator to help compute the environmental impact for individual networks at:

http://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvss

Successful exploitation of the directory traversal vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to view and download arbitrary files from the server that is hosting the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents.

Successful exploitation of the SQL injection vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to execute SQL statements that can cause the Management Center for Cisco Security Agents to become unstable or modify its configuration.

Successful exploitation of the Cisco Security Agent DoS vulnerability may cause the affected system to crash. Repeated exploitation could result in a sustained DoS condition.

When considering software upgrades, also consult http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt and any subsequent advisories to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.

In all cases, customers should exercise caution to be certain the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or your contracted maintenance provider for assistance.

Cisco CSA software can be downloaded from the following link:

http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/go/Redirect.x?mdfid=278065206

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager)

CUCM is only susceptible to the Denial of Service Vulnerability (CSCtb89870).

CUCM releases 4.x, 5.x, and 8.x are not affected by this vulnerability.

CUCM 6.1(3), 6.1(4), and 7.x versions lower than 7.1(3) are vulnerable. The vulnerability is fixed in CUCM 6.1(5) and higher and 7.1(3) and higher.

Cisco Unity Connection

Cisco Unity Connection is only susceptible to the Denial of Service Vulnerability (CSCtb89870).

Connection releases 1.x and 8.x are NOT affected by this vulnerability.

Connection 2.1(3), 2.1(4), and 7.x versions lower than 7.1(3) are vulnerable. The vulnerability is fixed in Connection 2.1(5) and higher and 7.1(3) and higher.

There are no workarounds available to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

Additional mitigations that can be deployed on Cisco devices within the network are available in the Cisco Applied Intelligence companion document for this Advisory:

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoAppliedMitigationBulletin/cisco-amb-20100217-csa

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. Prior to deploying software, customers should consult their maintenance provider or check the software for feature set compatibility and known issues specific to their environment.

Customers may only install and expect support for the feature sets they have purchased. By installing, downloading, accessing or otherwise using such software upgrades, customers agree to be bound by the terms of Cisco's software license terms found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/warranty/English/EU1KEN_.html, or as otherwise set forth at Cisco.com Downloads at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-usingswc.shtml.

Do not contact psirt@cisco.com or security-alert@cisco.com for software upgrades.

Customers with Service Contracts

Customers Using Third-Party Support Organizations

Customers Without Service Contracts

The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerabilities described in this advisory.

The directory traversal and SQL injection vulnerabilities were discovered and reported to Cisco by Gabriele Giuseppini from Cigital. Cisco PSIRT appreciates the opportunity to work with researchers on security vulnerabilities and welcomes the opportunity to review and assist in product reports. The DoS vulnerability was found during internal testing.

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This advisory is posted on Cisco's worldwide website at:

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20100217-csa

In addition to worldwide web posting, a text version of this notice is clear-signed with the Cisco PSIRT PGP key and is posted to the following e-mail and Usenet news recipients.

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Future updates of this advisory, if any, will be placed on Cisco's worldwide website, but may or may not be actively announced on mailing lists or newsgroups. Users concerned about this problem are encouraged to check the above URL for any updates.

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