Cisco Security Advisory
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Cisco Security Agent is affected by vulnerabilities that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform remote code execution on the affected device. These vulnerabilities are in a third-party library (Oracle Outside In) and are documented in CERT-CC Vulnerability Note VU#520721 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520721
Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities.
No workaround is available to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
This advisory is posted at https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20111026-csa.
Note: Effective October 18, 2011, Cisco moved the current list of Cisco Security Advisories and Responses published by Cisco PSIRT. The new location is https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing. You can also navigate to this page from the Cisco Products and Services menu of the Cisco Security (SIO) Portal. Following this transition, new Cisco Security Advisories and Responses will be published to the new location. Although the URL has changed, the content of security documents and the vulnerability policy are not impacted. Cisco will continue to disclose security vulnerabilities in accordance with the published Security Vulnerability Policy
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Vulnerable Products
These vulnerabilities only affect 6.x versions of Cisco Security Agent running on Windows platforms.Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable
No software releases of Cisco Security Agent running on Linux platforms are affected. Software releases prior to 6.0 running on Windows platforms are not affected by these vulnerabilities.
No other Cisco products are currently known to be affected by these vulnerabilities.
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The Cisco Security Agent is a security software agent that provides threat protection for server and desktop computing systems. Cisco Security Agents can be standalone agents or can be managed by the Cisco Security Agent Management Center.
Version 6.x of Cisco Security Agent running on Windows platforms is affected by the following vulnerabilities:- Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.3.5.0 allows local users to affect availability, related to File ID SDK.
This vulnerability is assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) IDs CVE-2011-0794 - Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.3.2.0 and 8.3.5.0 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Outside In Filters.
This vulnerability is assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) IDs CVE-2011-0808
These vulnerabilities are addressed and documented in Cisco bug IDs CSCtq29413 (registered customers only).
These vulnerabilities can be triggered during the normal operation of Cisco Security Agent if Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies are enabled. The DLP policies are available only on Windows platforms. When inspected by Cisco Security Agent, a crafted file could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with Administrator privileges.
- Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.3.5.0 allows local users to affect availability, related to File ID SDK.
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No workaround is available to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
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When considering software upgrades, also consult http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt and any subsequent advisories to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.
In all cases, customers should exercise caution to be certain the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or your contracted maintenance provider for assistance.
These vulnerabilities are corrected in Cisco Security Agent software version 6.0.2.151.
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These vulnerabilities have been publicly announced in CERT-CC Vulnerability note V#520721 at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520721
The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any malicious use of the vulnerabilities described in this advisory.
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To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.
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Show LessRevision 1.0
2011-October-26
Initial public release.
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