PT-2016-4728 · Cisco · Cisco Firesight System

Published 2016-03-03 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-1356

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco FireSIGHT System Software version 6.1.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by measuring timing differences due to the lack of a constant-time algorithm for verifying credentials.

Recommendations For Cisco FireSIGHT System Software version 6.1.0, consider implementing a constant-time algorithm for credential verification to prevent timing attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1356

Affected Products

Cisco Firesight System

References · 4

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160302-FireSIGHT1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1356 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035189 · Note