Overview
Cisco has released a security advisory, announcing the existence of a REST API authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2019-1867) in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC). This vulnerability is due to improper validation of API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary actions through the REST API with administrative privileges on an affected system.
CVSS 3.0 score:
Base 10.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
For details about this vulnerability, please visit the following link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190507-esc-authbypass
Affected Versions
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller Release 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 when the REST API is enabled.
- The REST API is disabled by default.
Unaffected Versions
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller Release < 4.1
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller Release 4.5
Solution
Cisco has released Cisco Elastic Services Controller 4.5 to fix the preceding vulnerability. Affected users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible
For remediation details, refer to the security advisory at the following link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190507-esc-authbypass
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-09.html
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