PT-2012-5974 · Cisco · Cisco Secure Access Control System

Published 2012-11-07 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5424

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) versions 5.x before 5.2 Patch 11 Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) versions 5.3 before 5.3 Patch 7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending a valid username and a crafted password string when a certain configuration involving TACACS+ and LDAP is used. This occurs due to improper password validation.

Recommendations For versions 5.x before 5.2 Patch 11, apply Patch 11 to resolve the issue. For versions 5.3 before 5.3 Patch 7, apply Patch 7 to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5424

Affected Products

Cisco Secure Access Control System

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5424 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20121107-acs · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51194 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027733 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56433 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/87251 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79860 · Note