Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) is affected by the following vulnerabilities: Cisco Secure ACS RMI Privilege Escalation Vulernability Cisco Secure ACS RMI Unauthenticated User Access Vulnerability Cisco Secure ACS Operating System Command Injection Vulnerability Cisco Secure ACS uses the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) interface for internode communication using TCP ports 2020 and 2030. These vulnerabilities are independent of each other; a release that is affected by one of the vulnerabilities may not be affected by the other. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140115-csacs Network-based mitigations for the RMI-based vulnerabilities are outlined in the Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin: Identifying and Mitigating the Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAMBAlert.x?alertId=32120
Cisco Secure ACS uses the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) interface for internode communication using TCP ports 2020 and 2030.
There are no configuration workarounds available for these vulnerabilities.
Network-based mitigations for the RMI-based vulnerabilities are outlined in the Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin:
Identifying and Mitigating the Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Access Control System
The following table provides first fixed release information for the Cisco Secure ACS release that are affected. The last row of the table gives information about the release version that includes the fix for all the vulnerabilities described in this advisory.
5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | |
Cisco Secure ACS RMI Privilege Escalation Vulernability |
Migrate to 5.5 or later |
Migrate to 5.5 or later | Migrate to 5.5 or later |
Migrate to 5.5 or later | Migrate to 5.5 |
Cisco Secure ACS RMI Unauthenticated User Access Vulnerability | Migrate to 5.5 or later |
Migrate to 5.5 or later | Migrate to 5.5 or later | Migrate to 5.5 or later | Migrate to 5.5 |
Cisco Secure ACS Operating System Command Injection Vulnerability | Migrate to 5.4 or later |
Migrate to 5.4 or later | Migrate to 5.4 or later | Migrate to 5.4 or later | 5.4 Patch 3 |
First Fixed release for all vulnerabilities in this advisory |
5.5 |
When considering software upgrades, customers are advised to consult the Cisco Security Advisories, Responses, and Notices archive at http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt and review subsequent advisories to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.
In all cases, customers should ensure that the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and confirm that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.
Cisco Secure ACS 5.5 can be downloaded from the Software Center on Cisco.com by visiting http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html and navigating to Products > Security > Access Control and Policy > Policy and Access Management > Cisco Secure Access Control System > Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.5The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory.
These vulnerabilities were found during internal testing.
To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.
Revision 1.0 | 2014-January-15 | Initial public release. |
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