Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-2141 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Cisco ONS 15454 System Software and ONS 15454

047910
CVSS 4.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
cisco
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2014-04-10
Updated: 2014-04-10

Summary

The session-termination functionality on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier does not initialize an unspecified pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (card reset) via crafted session-close actions, aka Bug ID CSCug97416.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
8
Hardware
Cisco
1

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-SN-CSCUG97416-ONS.NASL
descriptionA vulnerability exists in Cisco ONS 15454 Controller Cards that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the control card to reset, resulting in a denial of service condition.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id73457
published2014-04-10
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73457
titleCisco ONS 15454 Controller Card DoS (CSCug97416)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if (description)
{
  script_id(73457);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2141");
  script_bugtraq_id(66666);
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCug97416");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2014-B-0038");

  script_name(english:"Cisco ONS 15454 Controller Card DoS (CSCug97416)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the ONS version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A vulnerability exists in Cisco ONS 15454 Controller Cards that could
allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the control card to
reset, resulting in a denial of service condition.");
  # https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=33682
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?183157df");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCug97416");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Contact normal Cisco support channels to upgrade to a software version
that includes fixes for this vulnerability.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/04/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/04/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/04/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:ons");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CISCO");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("cisco_ons_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Cisco/ONS/Device", "Cisco/ONS/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

device_name = "Cisco ONS 15454";
device = get_kb_item_or_exit("Cisco/ONS/Device");
version = get_kb_item_or_exit("Cisco/ONS/Version");

if (device !~ "^15454") audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, device_name);

match = eregmatch(pattern: "^(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)-", string:version);
if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Error parsing version string.");

# Format version string.
match = eregmatch(pattern:"^(\d+)\.(\d)(\d)(\d)?$", string:match[1]);
if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Error parsing version string.");
else if (max_index(match) < 4) audit(AUDIT_VER_NOT_GRANULAR, device_name, version);

version_formatted = join(make_list(string(int(match[1])), match[2], match[3]), sep:'.');
if (match[4]) version_formatted += '.' + match[4];

# Check version.
flag = 0;
if (version_formatted =~ "^8\.0\.0(\.|$)") flag++;
else if (version_formatted =~ "^8\.5\.[0-3](\.|$)") flag++;
else if (version_formatted =~ "^9\.[013468]\.0(\.|$)") flag++;
else if (version_formatted =~ "^9\.2\.[0-2](\.|$)") flag++;

if (flag)
{
  port = 0;
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version_formatted + ' (' + version + ')' +
      '\n';
    security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, device_name, version);

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionCVE ID:CVE-2014-2141 Cisco ONS 15454是一款多业务传输平台。 Cisco ONS 15454控制卡会话终止功能存在漏洞，漏洞是由于未初始化指针，攻击者可利用此漏洞以特定方式关闭会话，使控制卡重置。 0 Cisco ONS 15454 System Software 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复漏洞，请下载使用： http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2141
idSSV:62105
last seen2017-11-19
modified2014-04-10
published2014-04-10
reporterRoot
titleCisco ONS 15454控制卡会话终止拒绝服务漏洞

References