CVE-2019-1634 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability

High 7.2 Published Updated

Authenticated remote attackers can inject arbitrary commands to gain root privileges on Cisco Integrated Management Controller devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-1634?

CVE-2019-1634 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System, published on 21 Aug 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system (OS). The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied commands. An attacker who has administrator privileges and access to the network where the IPMI resides could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the affected commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1634?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor, Cisco Unified Computing System.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-1634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f3wx-h636-9qph.

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