First published: Wed Aug 21 2019(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 authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux shell as the root user. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires privileged access to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the web-based management interface with administrator privileges and then sending a malicious request to a certain part of the interface. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-cmdinj
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor | ||
Cisco UCS Director | ||
Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data |
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The severity of cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-cmdinj is critical due to the potential for remote command injection.
To fix cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-cmdinj, update to the latest patched version of affected Cisco products.
Affected products include Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data.
No, exploitation of cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-cmdinj requires authentication.
cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-ucs-cmdinj can allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands, which may compromise the system's integrity.