Published:
20 April 2006
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0275 -- [Cisco]
Response to Privilege Escalation on Multiple Cisco Products
20 April 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE)
Cisco Hosting Solution Engine (HSE)
Cisco User Registration Tool (URT)
Cisco Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE)
CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS)
Publisher: Cisco Systems
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access: Existing Account
Original Bulletin:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060419-priv.shtml
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Cisco Security Response: Response to Privilege Escalation on Multiple
Cisco Products
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060419-priv.shtml
Revision 1.0
For Public Release 2006 April 19 1500 UTC (GMT)
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Contents
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Cisco Response
Additional Information
Revision History
Cisco Security Procedures
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Cisco Response
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This is Cisco PSIRT's response to the privilege escalation
vulnerability independently announced by Adam Pointon of
Assurance.com.au and Mathieu Pepin of Axen Consulting. We would like
to thank both Adam and Mathieu for bringing this issue to our
attention.
The following are affected by this vulnerability:
* Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE)
* Cisco Hosting Solution Engine (HSE)
* Cisco User Registration Tool (URT)
* Cisco Ethernet Subscriber Solution Engine (ESSE)
* CiscoWorks2000 Service Management Solution (SMS)
Additional Information
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By exploiting this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker on the
command line interface may obtain shell access to the underlying
operating system by injecting specially crafted commands.
The following products are affected by this vulnerability:
* Cisco WLSE - A separate Cisco Security Advisory has been
published which addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the WLSE
appliance, including this vulnerability. Refer to the security
advisory at the following URL for more information on the impact
and fixed software versions: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707
/cisco-sa-20060419-wlse.shtml.
* This vulnerability is addressed by the Cisco bug ID CSCsd22861 (
registered customers only) for the URT appliance. 2.5.5(A1)
version of the URT software fixes this issue and can be
downloaded from the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/
tablebuild.pl/urt-3des.
* Cisco HSE - This vulnerability is addressed by the Cisco bug ID
CSCsd22859 ( registered customers only) for the HSE appliance.
The HSE-PSIRT1 patch fixes this issue and can be downloaded from
the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/
1105-host-sol.
* Cisco ESSE - This product has reached End-of-Life therefore Cisco
will not be providing fixed software for the ESSE product by
default. Customers who require a fix for this should open a
service request and request a fix through the Technical Support
organization.
* CiscoWorks SMS - This product has reached End-of-Life therefore
Cisco will not be providing fixed software for the SMS product by
default. Customers who require a fix for this should open a
service request and request a fix through the Technical Support
organization.
Revision History
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| Revision | | Initial |
| 1.0 | 2006-Apr-19 | public |
| | | release. |
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Cisco Security Procedures
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Complete information on reporting security vulnerabilities in Cisco
products, obtaining assistance with security incidents, and
registering to receive security information from Cisco, is available
on Cisco's worldwide website at
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/sec_incident_response.shtml.
This includes instructions for press inquiries regarding Cisco
security notices. All Cisco security advisories are available
at http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt.
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