CVE-2019-1940: Cisco Industrial Network Director Web Services Management Agent Unauthorized Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Jul 17, 2019
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Updated

A vulnerability in the Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) feature of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data using an invalid X.509 certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient X.509 certificate validation when establishing a WSMA connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted X.509 certificate during the WSMA connection setup phase. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on WSMA connections to the affected software. At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco IND Software releases prior to 1.7.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Cisco Industrial Network Director<1.7

Event History

Jul 17, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:25 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:25 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2019-1940.

2

What is the title of this vulnerability?

The title of this vulnerability is 'A vulnerability in the Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) feature of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND)'.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2019-1940?

The severity of CVE-2019-1940 is medium.

4

How does this vulnerability affect Cisco Industrial Network Director?

This vulnerability affects Cisco Industrial Network Director versions up to 1.7.

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How can an attacker exploit CVE-2019-1940?

An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit CVE-2019-1940 by using an invalid X.509 certificate to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data.

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