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Cisco IOS Software Multiple SNMP Community String Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems

high Nessus Plugin ID 48952

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

Multiple Cisco IOS Software and CatOS software releases contain several independent but related vulnerabilities involving the unexpected creation and exposure of SNMP community strings. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to permit the unauthorized viewing or modification of affected devices. To remove the vulnerabilities, Cisco is offering free software upgrades for all affected platforms. The defects are documented in DDTS records CSCds32217, CSCds16384, CSCds19674, CSCdr59314, CSCdr61016, and CSCds49183. In addition to specific workarounds for each vulnerability, affected systems can be protected by preventing SNMP access.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20010228-ios-snmp-community.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?59d222dd

http://www.nessus.org/u?a69c3960

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 48952

File Name: cisco-sa-20010228-ios-snmp-communityhttp.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1434, CVE-2004-1775, CVE-2004-1776

BID: 5030