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Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution Remote Command Execution (CVE-2012-6392)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-074
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Cisco Advisory cisco-sa-20130109-lms
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2012-6392
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Cisco Systems Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1 for Linux
Cisco Systems Prime LAN Management Solution 4.2 for Linux
Cisco Systems Prime LAN Management Solution 4.2.1 for Linux
Cisco Systems Prime LAN Management Solution 4.2.2 for Linux
Vulnerability Description
A lack of authorization vulnerability exists in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution. Command execution with root security levels
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of users using rsh. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by accessing the rsh service.

Protection Overview
Detect and block malicious traffic to the RSH service

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

How Can I Protect My Network?

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution Remote Command Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation
Attack Information: Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution Remote Command Execution