Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) information disclosure
| cisco-asa-aaa-information-disclosure (36473) |  Low Risk |
Description:
The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow a remote attacker on the adjacent network to obtain sensitive information. If the Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) service is enabled, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to view plain text authentication credentials in the local syslog, syslog server, or possibly over the network, once the test button is clicked.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 1.8 |
| Access Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
Customers should upgrade to the latest version of Cisco ASA (8.0.2.11 for the 8.0 train, 7.2.2.34 for the 7.2 train, 7.1.2.61 for the 7.1 train, and 7.0.7.1 for the 7.0 train or later). Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information. See References.
References:
- Cisco Web site: Cisco Systems, Inc.
- BID-25548: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance AAA Authentication Feature Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4786: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) running PIX 7.0 before 7.0.7.1, 7.1 before 7.1.2.61, 7.2 before 7.2.2.34, and 8.0 before 8.0.2.11, when AAA is enabled, composes %ASA-5-111008 messages from the test aaa command with cleartext passwords and sends them over the network to a remote syslog server or places them in a local logging buffer, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.
- SA26677: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Password Logging Weakness
- SECTRACK ID: 1018660: Cisco ASA Test Function Discloses AAA Passwords
- US-CERT VU#563673: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance insecurely logs passwords
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3076: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Authentication Credentials Disclosure Issue
Platforms Affected:
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 7.0(4)
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 7.1
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 7.2
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 8.0
Reported:
Sep 05, 2007
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