CVE-2019-1937: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Published Aug 21, 2019
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Updated

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to acquire a valid session token with administrator privileges, bypassing user authentication. The vulnerability is due to insufficient request header validation during the authentication process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious requests to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to use the acquired session token to gain full administrator access to the affected device.

Credit

Fatih Sencer

Affected Software

6 affected components
Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor>=2.2.0.3<=2.2.0.6
Cisco UCS Director>=6.6.0.0<=6.6.1.0
Cisco UCS Director>=6.7.0.0<=6.7.1.0
Cisco UCS Director=6.7\(0.0.67265\)
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data>=3.7.0.0<=3.7.1.0
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data=3.6.0.0

Event History

Aug 21, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:25 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:25 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Jul 15, 2023
Exploit Published
12:00 AM
Known Exploited
12:00 AM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2019-1937?

CVE-2019-1937 is a vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2019-1937?

CVE-2019-1937 has a severity rating of 9.8 (Critical).

3

How does CVE-2019-1937 impact Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor?

CVE-2019-1937 allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to acquire a valid session token with administrator privileges in Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor.

4

How does CVE-2019-1937 impact Cisco UCS Director?

CVE-2019-1937 allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to acquire a valid session token with administrator privileges in Cisco UCS Director.

5

How do I fix CVE-2019-1937?

To fix CVE-2019-1937, Cisco recommends updating to the appropriate fixed version mentioned in the Cisco Security Advisory.

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