Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-0154 - Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
cisco
nessus

Summary

A vulnerability in the crypto engine of the Cisco Integrated Services Module for VPN (ISM-VPN) running Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of VPN traffic by the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VPN traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to hang or crash, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd39267.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
1
Hardware
Cisco
235

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20180328-DOS.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS Software is affected by a vulnerability in the crypto engine of the Cisco Integrated Services Module for VPN (ISM-VPN) due to insufficient handling of VPN traffic by the affected device. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted VPN traffic to an affected device in order to cause it to hang or crash and stop responding. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id131166
published2019-11-21
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131166
titleCisco IOS Software Integrated Services Module for VPN DoS (cisco-sa-20180328-dos)
code
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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(131166);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-0154");
  script_bugtraq_id(103559);
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCvd39267");
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-20180328-dos");

  script_name(english:"Cisco IOS Software Integrated Services Module for VPN DoS (cisco-sa-20180328-dos)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS Software is affected by a vulnerability in the crypto engine of the
Cisco Integrated Services Module for VPN (ISM-VPN) due to insufficient handling of VPN traffic by the affected device.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted VPN traffic to an affected device in order to
cause it to hang or crash and stop responding.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-dos
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ba6da910");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-66682");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvd39267");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvd39267");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-0154");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/03/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:ios");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include('cisco_workarounds.inc');
include('ccf.inc');

product_info = cisco::get_product_info(name:'Cisco IOS');

version_list=make_list(
  '15.2(4)M8',
  '15.2(4)M10',
  '15.2(4)M9',
  '15.2(4)M11',
  '15.3(3)M6',
  '15.3(3)M7',
  '15.3(3)M8',
  '15.3(3)M9',
  '15.3(3)M10',
  '15.3(3)M8a',
  '15.4(3)M4',
  '15.4(3)M5',
  '15.4(3)M6',
  '15.4(3)M7',
  '15.4(3)M6a',
  '15.5(2)T',
  '15.5(1)T2',
  '15.5(1)T3',
  '15.5(2)T1',
  '15.5(2)T2',
  '15.5(2)T3',
  '15.5(2)T4',
  '15.5(1)T4',
  '15.5(2)XB',
  '15.6(2)SP3b'
);

workarounds = make_list(CISCO_WORKAROUNDS['ios_show_crypto_engine']);
workaround_params = {'vpn_regex' : "ISM(\s|-)VPN"};

reporting = make_array(
  'port'     , 0,
  'severity' , SECURITY_HOLE,
  'version'  , product_info['version'],
  'bug_id'   , 'CSCvd39267',
  'cmds'     , make_list('show crypto engine brief')
);

cisco::check_and_report(
  product_info:product_info,
  workarounds:workarounds,
  workaround_params:workaround_params,
  reporting:reporting,
  vuln_versions:version_list
);