Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software Vulnerability [CVE-2019-12623]
CVE number – CVE-2019-12623
A vulnerability in the web server functionality of Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform file enumeration on an affected system.
The vulnerability is due to the web server responding with different error codes for existing and non-existing files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending GET requests for different file names. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to enumerate files residing on the system.
Cisco will release software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable Products
At the initial time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco Enterprise Network Compute Systems that were running NFVIS releases earlier than Release 3.12.1.
The fix has been found to be incomplete in NFVIS releases 3.12.1 and 3.12.2. NFVIS releases 4.1 and later will contain the complete fix.
Fixed Releases
At the initial time of publication, Cisco Enterprise NFVIS releases 3.12.1 and later contained the fix for this vulnerability.
The fix has been found to be incomplete in NFVIS releases 3.12.1 and 3.12.2. NFVIS releases 4.1 and later will contain the complete fix.
Workarounds
There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
This advisory is available at the following link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-nfv-enumeration
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