Overview
On August 6, 2019, local time, Cisco released security advisories on remediation of three vulnerabilities in Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches, including two critical ones, one of which has a CVSS 3.0 score as high as 9.8.
Reference link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x
Vulnerability Overview
- Command injection vulnerability (CVE-2019-1914)
CVSS 3.0 score: Base 7.2
A vulnerability exists in the web management interface of Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches, allowing authenticated, remote attackers to perform a command injection attack.
For details, see the official advisory:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190806-sb220-inject
- Authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2019-1912)
CVSS 3.0 score: Base 9.1
A vulnerability exists in the web management interface of Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to upload arbitrary files.
For details, see the official advisory:
- Remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-1913)
CVSS 3.0 score: Base 9.8
Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the web management interface of Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to overflow a buffer, which then allows the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
For details, see the official advisory:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190806-sb220-rce
Affected Versions
- Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches firmware version < 1.1.4.4
Unaffected Versions
- Cisco Small Business 220 Series Smart Switches firmware version >= 1.1.4.4
Solution
Cisco has released firmware updates that address these vulnerabilities. Affected users should upgrade to the latest versions as soon as possible.
Reference links:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190806-sb220-inject
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190806-sb220-rce
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