Cisco Web Cache Control Protocol Router Vulenrability

high Nessus Plugin ID 17778

Language:

Synopsis

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

Description

The Web Cache Control Protocol (WCCP), available on Cisco devices, does not provide any authentication. A router configured to support Cache Engines will treat any host that sends it valid WCCP hello packets as a cache engine, and may divert HTTP traffic to that host. If a router is configured to use WCCP, an attacker can divert web traffic passing through such a router.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-19980513-wccp-auth.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17778

File Name: cisco-sa-19980513-wccp-auth.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/10/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/1998

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/1998

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-1175

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCdk07174

Detections

Analytics