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Cisco Ironport Security Appliance Default Host Key Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84500

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Cisco security appliance uses a default host key that is shared among all installations of the product. An unauthenticated, remote attacker with knowledge of the private key can impersonate other devices or perform a man-in-the-middle attack between this host and other virtual security appliances.

Solution

Apply the relevant update referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20150625-ironport.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fab9519e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84500

File Name: cisco_ironport_default_host_key.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/2/2015

Updated: 11/22/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4217

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:content_security_management_virtual_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:email_security_virtual_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:web_security_virtual_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:asyncos

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4217

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20150625-ironport

IAVA: 2015-A-0136

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCus29681, CSCuu95676, CSCuu96601