Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2865 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Cisco IOS and Unified Communications Manager Express

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
cisco
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2009-09-28
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Buffer overflow in the login implementation in the Extension Mobility feature in the Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) component in Cisco IOS 12.4XW, 12.4XY, 12.4XZ, and 12.4YA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCsq58779.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Cisco
1
OS
Cisco
4

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20090923-CMEHTTP.NASL
descriptionCisco IOS devices that are configured for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) and the Extension Mobility feature are affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in the execution of arbitrary code or a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.
last seen2019-10-28
modified2010-09-01
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reporterThis script is (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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# Security advisory is (C) CISCO, Inc.
# See https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af8116.shtml

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if (description)
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 script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-20090923-cme");

 script_name(english:"Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express Vulnerability - Cisco Systems");
 script_summary(english:"Checks IOS version");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
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"Cisco IOS devices that are configured for Cisco Unified
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device.

Cisco has released free software updates that address this
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 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
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 script_family(english:"CISCO");

 script_dependencie("cisco_ios_version.nasl");
 script_require_keys("Host/Cisco/IOS/Version");
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}

include("audit.inc");
include("cisco_func.inc");
include("cisco_kb_cmd_func.inc");

flag = 0;
override = 0;
version = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/Cisco/IOS/Version");

if (version == '12.4(20)YA') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(15)XZ') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(15)XY3') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(15)XY2') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(15)XY1') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(15)XY') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW7') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW6') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW5') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW3') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW2') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW1') flag++;
else if (version == '12.4(11)XW') flag++;

if (get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled"))
{
  if (flag)
  {
    flag = 0;
    buf = cisco_command_kb_item("Host/Cisco/Config/show_running-config", "show running-config");
    if (check_cisco_result(buf))
    {
      if (preg(pattern:"ephone ", multiline:TRUE, string:buf)) { flag = 1; }
      if (preg(pattern:"logout-profile ", multiline:TRUE, string:buf)) { flag = 1; }
    } else if (cisco_needs_enable(buf)) { flag = 1; override = 1; }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_hole(port:0, extra:cisco_caveat(override));
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

References