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This Applied Mitigation Bulletin is a companion document to the PSIRT Security Advisory Vulnerabilities in Cisco Video Surveillance Products and provides identification and mitigation techniques that administrators can deploy on Cisco network devices.
There are multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms. The following subsections summarize these vulnerabilities:
Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability: This vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication and without end-user interaction. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the affected device to reboot. Repeated attempts to exploit this vulnerability could result in a sustained DoS condition. The attack vector for exploitation is through a packet using UDP port 37000. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using spoofed packets.
This vulnerability has been assigned CVE identifier CVE-2009-2045.
Information disclosure vulnerability: This vulnerability can be exploited remotely with authentication and without end-user interaction. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow information disclosure to allow an attacker to learn information about the affected device.
The attack vectors for exploitation are through packets using the following protocols and ports:
This vulnerability has been assigned CVE identifier CVE-2009-2046.
Information about vulnerable, unaffected, and fixed software is available in the PSIRT Security Advisory, which is available at the following link: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090624-video.shtml.
Cisco devices provide several countermeasures for these vulnerabilities. Administrators are advised to consider these protection methods to be general security best practices for infrastructure devices and the traffic that transits the network. This section of the document provides an overview of these techniques.
All the countermeasures in this document apply to the denial of service vulnerability. NetFlow records can be used to aid in the identification of traffic flows that may be attempts to exploit both the information disclosure vulnerability and the denial of service vulnerability.
Cisco IOS Software can provide effective means of exploit prevention using the following methods:
These protection mechanisms filter and drop, as well as verify the source IP address of, packets that are attempting to exploit the denial of service vulnerability.
The proper deployment and configuration of Unicast RPF provides an effective means of protection against attacks that use packets with spoofed source IP addresses. Unicast RPF should be deployed as close to all traffic sources as possible.
The proper deployment and configuration of IPSG provides an effective means of protection against spoofing attacks at the access layer.
Because the potential exists that a trusted networking client could become affected by a worm that does not use packets with spoofed source addresses, Unicast RPF and IPSG do not provide complete protection against these vulnerabilities.
Effective means of exploit prevention can also be provided by the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance, the Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliance, and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600 Series routers using the following:
These protection mechanisms filter and drop, as well as verify the source IP address of, packets that are attempting to exploit the denial of service vulnerability.
Cisco IOS NetFlow flow records can provide visibility into network-based exploitation attempts. This is the only countermeasure applicable to the information disclosure vulnerability.
Cisco IOS Software, Cisco ASA appliances, Cisco PIX security appliances, and FWSM firewalls can provide visibility through syslog messages and the counter values displayed in the output from show commands.
Effective use of Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) event actions provides visibility into and protection against attacks that attempt to exploit these vulnerabilities.
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (Cisco Security MARS) appliance can also provide visibility through incidents, queries, and event reporting.
Organizations are advised to follow their standard risk evaluation and mitigation processes to determine the potential impact of these vulnerabilities. Triage refers to sorting projects and prioritizing efforts that are most likely to be successful. Cisco has provided documents that can help organizations develop a risk-based triage capability for their information security teams. Risk Triage for Security Vulnerability Announcements and Risk Triage and Prototyping can help organizations develop repeatable security evaluation and response processes.
Caution: The effectiveness of any mitigation technique depends on specific customer situations such as product mix, network topology, traffic behavior, and organizational mission. As with any configuration change, evaluate the impact of this configuration prior to applying the change.
Specific information about mitigation and identification is available for these devices:
To protect infrastructure devices and minimize the risk, impact, and effectiveness of direct infrastructure attacks, administrators are advised to deploy infrastructure access control lists (iACLs) to perform policy enforcement of traffic sent to infrastructure equipment. Administrators can construct an iACL by explicitly permitting only authorized traffic sent to infrastructure devices in accordance with existing security policies and configurations. For the maximum protection of infrastructure devices, deployed iACLs should be applied in the ingress direction on all interfaces to which an IP address has been configured. An iACL workaround cannot provide complete protection against these vulnerabilities when the attack originates from a trusted source address.
The iACL policy denies unauthorized packets on UDP port 37000 that are sent to affected devices. In the following example, 192.168.60.0/24 is the IP address space that is used by the affected devices, and the host at 192.168.100.1 is considered a trusted source that requires access to the affected devices. Care should be taken to allow required traffic for routing and administrative access prior to denying all unauthorized traffic. Whenever possible, infrastructure address space should be distinct from the address space used for user and services segments. Using this addressing methodology will assist with the construction and deployment of iACLs.
Additional information about iACLs is in Protecting Your Core: Infrastructure Protection Access Control Lists.
ip access-list extended Infrastructure-ACL-Policy ! !-- When applicable, include explicit permit statements for trusted !-- sources that require access on the vulnerable port ! permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 eq 37000 ! !-- The following vulnerability-specific access control entry !-- (ACE) can aid in identification of attacks ! deny udp any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 eq 37000 ! !-- Explicit deny ACE for traffic sent to addresses configured within !-- the infrastructure address space ! deny ip any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 ! !-- Permit/deny all other Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic in accordance !-- with existing security policies and configurations ! !-- Apply iACL to interfaces in the ingress direction ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip access-group Infrastructure-ACL-Policy in
Note that filtering with an interface access list will elicit the transmission of ICMP unreachable messages back to the source of the filtered traffic. Generating these messages could have the undesired effect of increasing CPU utilization on the device. In Cisco IOS Software, ICMP unreachable generation is limited to one packet every 500 milliseconds by default. ICMP unreachable message generation can be disabled using the interface configuration command no ip unreachables. ICMP unreachable rate limiting can be changed from the default using the global configuration command ip icmp rate-limit unreachable interval-in-ms.
The denial of service vulnerability described in this document can be exploited by spoofed IP packets. The proper deployment and configuration of Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (Unicast RPF) can provide protection mechanisms for spoofing related to the denial of service vulnerability.
Unicast RPF is configured at the interface level and can detect and drop packets that lack a verifiable source IP address. Administrators should not rely on Unicast RPF to provide complete spoofing protection because spoofed packets may enter the network through a Unicast RPF-enabled interface if an appropriate return route to the source IP address exists. Administrators are advised to take care to ensure that the appropriate Unicast RPF mode (loose or strict) is configured during the deployment of this feature because it can drop legitimate traffic that is transiting the network. In an enterprise environment, Unicast RPF might be enabled at the Internet edge and the internal access layer on the user-supporting Layer 3 interfaces.
Additional information is in the Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding Loose Mode Feature Guide.
For additional information about the configuration and use of Unicast RPF, reference the Understanding Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding Applied Intelligence white paper.
IP source guard (IPSG) is a security feature that restricts IP traffic on nonrouted, Layer 2 interfaces by filtering packets based on the DHCP snooping binding database and manually configured IP source bindings. Administrators can use IPSG to prevent attacks from an attacker who attempts to spoof packets by forging the source IP address and/or the MAC address. The proper deployment and configuration of IPSG coupled with strict mode Unicast RPF can provide the most effective means of spoofing protection to help mitigate the denial of service vulnerability.
Additional information about the deployment and configuration of IPSG is in Configuring DHCP Features and IP Source Guard.
After the administrator applies the iACL to an interface, the show ip access-lists command will identify the number of packets on UDP port 37000 that have been filtered on interfaces on which the iACL is applied. Administrators should investigate filtered packets to determine whether they are attempts to exploit this vulnerability. Example output for show ip access-lists Infrastructure-ACL-Policy follows:
router# show ip access-lists Infrastructure-ACL-Policy Extended IP access list Infrastructure-ACL-Policy 10 permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 eq 37000 20 deny udp any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 eq 37000( 116 matches) 30 deny ip any 192.168.60.0 0.0.0.255 router#
In the preceding example, access list Infrastructure-ACL-Policy has dropped 116 packets on UDP port 37000 for access control list entry (ACE) line 20.
For additional information about investigating incidents using ACE counters and syslog events, reference the Identifying Incidents Using Firewall and IOS Router Syslog Events Applied Intelligence white paper.
Administrators can use Embedded Event Manager to provide instrumentation when specific conditions are met, such as ACE counter hits. The Applied Intelligence white paper Embedded Event Manager in a Security Context provides additional details about how to use this feature.
The log and log-input access control list (ACL) option will cause packets that match specific ACEs to be logged. The log-input option enables logging of the ingress interface in addition to the packet source and destination IP addresses and ports.
Caution: Access control list logging can be very CPU intensive and must be used with extreme caution. Factors that drive the CPU impact of ACL logging are log generation, log transmission, and process switching to forward packets that match log-enabled ACEs.
For Cisco IOS Software, the ip access-list logging interval interval-in-ms command can limit the effects of process switching induced by ACL logging. The logging rate-limit rate-per-second [ except loglevel] command limits the impact of log generation and transmission.
The CPU impact from ACL logging can be addressed in hardware on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600 Series routers with Supervisor Engine 720 or Supervisor Engine 32 using optimized ACL logging.
For additional information about the configuration and use of ACL logging, reference the Understanding Access Control List Logging Applied Intelligence white paper.
With Unicast RPF properly deployed and configured throughout the network infrastructure, administrators can use the show cef interface type slot/port internal, show ip interface, show cef drop, and show ip traffic commands to identify the number of packets that Unicast RPF has dropped.
Note: The show command | begin regex and show command | include regex command modifiers are used in the following examples to minimize the amount of output that administrators will need to parse to view the desired information. Additional information about command modifiers is in the show command sections of the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference.
router# show cef interface GigabitEthernet 0/0 internal | include drop
-- CLI Output Truncated –
ip verify: via=rx (allow default), acl=0, drop=18, sdrop=0
router#
Note: show cef interface type slot/port internal is a hidden command that must be fully entered at the command-line interface. Command completion is not available for it.
router# show ip interface GigabitEthernet 0/0 | begin verify
-- CLI Output Truncated --
IP verify source reachable-via RX, allow default, allow self-ping
11 verification drops
0 suppressed verification drops
router#
router# show cef drop
CEF Drop Statistics
Slot Encap_fail Unresolved Unsupported No_route No_adj ChkSum_Err
RP 27 0 0 128 0 0
router#
router# show ip traffic
IP statistics:
Rcvd: 68051015 total, 2397325 local destination
43999 format errors, 0 checksum errors, 33 bad hop count
2 unknown protocol, 929 not a gateway
21 security failures, 190123 bad options, 542768 with options
Opts: 352227 end, 452 nop, 36 basic security, 1 loose source route
45 timestamp, 59 extended security, 41 record route
53 stream ID, 3 strict source route, 40 alert, 45 cipso, 0 ump
361634 other
Frags: 0 reassembled, 10008 timeouts, 56866 couldn't reassemble
0 fragmented, 0 fragments, 0 couldn't fragment
Bcast: 64666 received, 0 sent
Mcast: 1589885 received, 2405454 sent
Sent: 3001564 generated, 65359134 forwarded
Drop: 4256 encapsulation failed, 0 unresolved, 0 no adjacency
128 no route, 128 unicast RPF, 0 forced drop
0 options denied
Drop: 0 packets with source IP address zero
Drop: 0 packets with internal loop back IP address
-- CLI Output Truncated --
router#
In the preceding show cef drop and show ip traffic examples, Unicast RPF has dropped 128 IP packets received globally on all interfaces with Unicast RPF configured because of the inability to verify the source address of the IP packets within the Forwarding Information Base of Cisco Express Forwarding.
Administrators can configure Cisco IOS NetFlow on Cisco IOS routers and switches to aid in the identification of traffic flows that may be attempts to exploit these vulnerabilities. Administrators are advised to investigate flows to determine whether they are attempts to exploit these vulnerabilities or whether they are legitimate traffic flows.
router# show ip cache flow
IP packet size distribution (7559320 total packets):
1-32 64 96 128 160 192 224 256 288 320 352 384 416 448 480
.000 .282 .425 .075 .016 .022 .007 .002 .005 .004 .002 .006 .002 .000 .001
512 544 576 1024 1536 2048 2560 3072 3584 4096 4608
.001 .000 .007 .016 .118 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
IP Flow Switching Cache, 4456704 bytes
67 active, 65469 inactive, 952199 added
85186208 ager polls, 0 flow alloc failures
Active flows timeout in 2 minutes
Inactive flows timeout in 60 seconds
IP Sub Flow Cache, 533256 bytes
67 active, 16317 inactive, 952199 added, 952199 added to flow
0 alloc failures, 0 force free
1 chunk, 1 chunk added
last clearing of statistics never
Protocol Total Flows Packets Bytes Packets Active(Sec) Idle(Sec)
-------- Flows /Sec /Flow /Pkt /Sec /Flow /Flow
TCP-Telnet 37 0.0 16 40 0.0 2.6 46.1
TCP-FTP 2869 0.0 1 54 0.0 0.5 43.9
TCP-FTPD 231 0.0 3 45 0.0 0.1 5.3
TCP-WWW 21964 0.0 14 623 0.2 14.7 39.1
TCP-SMTP 725 0.0 30 1022 0.0 54.8 57.5
TCP-other 68428 0.0 34 491 2.1 28.5 18.6
UDP-DNS 59620 0.0 2 64 0.1 7.5 57.0
UDP-NTP 28231 0.0 1 76 0.0 0.4 60.5
UDP-other 415569 0.3 7 85 2.7 9.9 57.0
ICMP 242737 0.2 3 161 0.7 26.9 50.7
IGMP 36627 0.0 2 40 0.0 57.5 43.0
IPINIP 8632 0.0 8 64 0.0 110.1 10.4
IPv6INIP 8630 0.0 8 104 0.0 110.4 10.0
IP-other 57834 0.0 10 93 0.5 91.5 16.2
Total: 952134 0.8 7 245 6.7 23.9 48.4
SrcIf SrcIPaddress DstIf DstIPaddress Pr SrcP DstP Pkts
Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Nu0 192.168.60.4 11 0495 9088 4
Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Gi0/1 192.168.60.4 11 0429 9088 8
Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Nu0 192.168.60.21 11 05BB 9088 8
Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Local 192.168.60.20 11 06F1 9088 3
Gi0/0 192.168.208.76 Gi0/1 192.168.60.66 11 9EA7 00A1 3
Gi0/0 192.168.208.76 Nu0 192.168.128.22 11 9EA3 00A1 3
Gi0/0 192.168.208.76 Nu0 192.168.128.22 11 9EA4 00A1 3
Gi0/0 192.168.208.76 Nu0 192.168.128.22 11 9EA5 00A1 3
Gi0/0 192.168.208.76 Nu0 192.168.128.23 11 9EA6 00A1 3
Gi0/0 192.168.10.201 Gi0/1 192.168.60.102 06 0984 01BB 62
Gi0/0 192.168.31.68 Gi0/1 192.168.60.138 06 0911 0050 43
router#
In the preceding example, there are multiple flows for UDP port 37000 (hex value 9088), for HTTPS packets on TCP port 443 (hex value 01BB), and HTTP packets on TCP port 80 (hex value 0050).
This traffic is sent to addresses within the 192.168.60.0/24 address block, which is used for infrastructure devices. The packets in these flows may be spoofed and may indicate an attempt to exploit these vulnerabilities. Administrators are advised to compare these flows to baseline utilization for packets sent on UDP port 37000 (Hex value 9088), HTTP packets sent on TCP port 80 (Hex value 0050), and HTTPS packets sent on TCP port 443 (Hex value 01BB) and also investigate the flows to determine whether they are sourced from untrusted hosts or networks.
To view only the traffic flows for packets on UDP port 37000 (hex value 9088), the command show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_11_.*9088 will display the related UDP NetFlow records as shown here:
UDP Flows
router# show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_11_.*9088 SrcIf SrcIPaddress DstIf DstIPaddress Pr SrcP DstP Pkts Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Gi0/1 192.168.60.3 11 044B 9088 4 Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Nu0 192.168.60.4 11 0429 9088 6 Gi0/0 192.168.208.127 Gi0/1 192.168.60.2 11 0878 9088 4 router#
To view only the traffic flows for packets on HTTP packets on TCP port 80 (Hex value 0050) and HTTPS packets on TCP port 443 (hex value 01BB), the command show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_06_.*(0050|01BB)_ will display the related TCP NetFlow records as shown here:
TCP Flows
router# show ip cache flow | include SrcIf|_06_.*(0050|01BB) SrcIf SrcIPaddress DstIf DstIPaddress Pr SrcP DstP Pkts Gi0/0 192.168.10.201 Gi0/1 192.168.60.102 06 0984 01BB 62 Gi0/0 192.168.31.68 Gi0/1 192.168.60.138 06 0911 0050 43 router#
To protect the network from traffic that enters the network at ingress access points, which may include Internet connection points, partner and supplier connection points, or VPN connection points, administrators are advised to deploy tACLs to perform policy enforcement. Administrators can construct a tACL by explicitly permitting only authorized traffic to enter the network at ingress access points or permitting authorized traffic to transit the network in accordance with existing security policies and configurations. A tACL workaround cannot provide complete protection against these vulnerabilities when the attack originates from a trusted source address.
The tACL policy denies unauthorized packets on UDP port 37000 that are sent to affected devices. In the following example, 192.168.60.0/24 is the IP address space that is used by the affected devices, and the host at 192.168.100.1 is considered a trusted source that requires access to the affected devices. Care should be taken to allow required traffic for routing and administrative access prior to denying all unauthorized traffic.
Additional information about tACLs is in Transit Access Control Lists: Filtering at Your Edge.
! !-- Include any explicit permit statements for trusted sources !-- that require access on the vulnerable ports ! access-list tACL-Policy extended permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 eq 37000 ! !-- The following vulnerability-specific access control entry !-- (ACE) can aid in identification of attacks ! access-list tACL-Policy extended deny udp any 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 eq 37000 ! !-- Permit/deny all other Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic in accordance !-- with existing security policies and configurations ! !-- Explicit deny for all other IP traffic ! access-list tACL-Policy extended deny ip any any ! !-- Apply tACL to interface(s) in the ingress direction ! access-group tACL-Policy in interface outside
One vulnerability that is described in this document can be exploited by spoofed IP packets. The proper deployment and configuration of Unicast RPF can provide protection mechanisms for spoofing related to the denial of service vulnerability.
Unicast RPF is configured at the interface level and can detect and drop packets that lack a verifiable source IP address. Administrators should not rely on Unicast RPF to provide complete spoofing protection because spoofed packets may enter the network through a Unicast RPF-enabled interface if an appropriate return route to the source IP address exists. In an enterprise environment, Unicast RPF might be enabled at the Internet edge and at the internal access layer on the user-supporting Layer 3 interfaces.
For additional information about the configuration and use of Unicast RPF, reference the Cisco Security Appliance Command Reference for ip verify reverse-path and the Understanding Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding Applied Intelligence white paper.
After the tACL has been applied to an interface, administrators can use the show access-list command to identify the number of packets on UDP port 37000 that have been filtered. Administrators are advised to investigate filtered packets to determine whether they are attempts to exploit this vulnerability. Example output for show access-list tACL-Policy follows:
firewall# show access-list tACL-Policy access-list tACL-Policy; 3 elements access-list tACL-Policy line 1 extended permit udp host 192.168.100.1 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 eq 37000 (hitcnt=0) access-list tACL-Policy line 2 extended deny udp any 192.168.60.0 255.255.255.0 eq 37000 ( hitcnt=232) access-list tACL-Policy line 3 extended deny ip any any (hitcnt=8) firewall#
In the preceding example, access list tACL-Policy has dropped 232 packets on UDP port 37000 received from an untrusted host or network. In addition, syslog message 106023 can provide valuable information, which includes the source and destination IP address, the source and destination port numbers, and the IP protocol for the denied packet.
Firewall syslog message 106023 will be generated for packets denied by an access control entry (ACE) that does not have the log keyword present. Additional information about this syslog message is in Cisco Security Appliance System Log Message - 106023.
Information about configuring syslog for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance or the Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliance is in Monitoring the Security Appliance - Configuring and Managing Logs. Information about configuring syslog on the FWSM for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600 Series routers is in Monitoring the Firewall Services Module.
In the following example, the show logging | grep regex command extracts syslog messages from the logging buffer on the firewall. These messages provide additional information about denied packets that could indicate potential attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities that are described in this document. It is possible to use different regular expressions with the grep keyword to search for specific data in the logged messages.
Additional information about regular expression syntax is in Creating a Regular Expression.
firewall# show logging | grep 106023
Feb 21 2009 02:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.0.2.18/26944
dst inside:192.168.60.191/37000 by access-group "ACL-Policy"
Feb 21 2009 02:15:13: %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src outside:192.2.0.200/26945
dst inside:192.168.60.33/37000 by access-group "tACL-Policy"
firewall#
In the preceding example, the messages logged for the tACL tACL-Policy show potentially spoofed packets for UDP port 37000 sent to the address block assigned to the infrastructure devices.
Additional information about syslog messages for ASA and PIX security appliances is in Cisco Security Appliance System Log Messages. Additional information about syslog messages for the FWSM is in Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Logging System Log Messages.
For additional information about investigating incidents using syslog events, reference the Identifying Incidents Using Firewall and IOS Router Syslog Events Applied Intelligence white paper.
Firewall syslog message 106021 will be generated for packets denied by Unicast RPF. Additional information about this syslog message is in Cisco Security Appliance System Log Message - 106021.
Information about configuring syslog for the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance or the Cisco PIX 500 Series Security Appliance is in Monitoring the Security Appliance - Configuring and Managing Logs. Information about configuring syslog on the FWSM for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 7600 Series routers is in Monitoring the Firewall Services Module.
In the following example, the show logging | grep regex command extracts syslog messages from the logging buffer on the firewall. These messages provide additional information about denied packets that could indicate potential attempts to exploit these vulnerabilities that is described in this document. It is possible to use different regular expressions with the grep keyword to search for specific data in the logged messages.
Additional information about regular expression syntax is in Creating a Regular Expression.
firewall# show logging | grep 106021
Jun 10 2009 02:15:13: %ASA-1-106021: Deny UDP reverse path check from
192.168.60.1 to 192.168.60.100 on interface outside
Jun 10 2009 02:15:13: %ASA-1-106021: Deny UDP reverse path check from
192.168.60.2 to 192.168.60.100 on interface outside
The show asp drop command can also identify the number of packets that the Unicast RPF feature has dropped, as shown in the following example:
firewall# show asp drop frame rpf-violated Reverse-path verify failed 19 firewall#
In the preceding example, Unicast RPF has dropped 19 IP packets received on interfaces with Unicast RPF configured. Absence of output indicates that the Unicast RPF feature on the firewall has not dropped packets.
For additional information about debugging accelerated security path dropped packets or connections, reference the Cisco Security Appliance Command Reference for show asp drop.
Administrators can use Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) appliances and services modules to provide threat detection and help prevent attempts to exploit the vulnerabilities that are described in this document. These vulnerabilities may be detected by the following signatures:
16755/0 - Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS
Beginning with signature update S409 for sensors running Cisco IPS version 6.x or 5.x, one of these vulnerabilities can be detected by signature 16755/0 (Signature Name: Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS). Signature 16755/0 is enabled by default, triggers a Medium severity event, has a signature fidelity rating (SFR) of 90, and is configured with a default event action of produce-alert.
Signature16755/0 fires when a single crafted packet sent using UDP port 37000 that attempts a DoS attempt against Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms. Firing of this signature may indicate a potential exploit of these vulnerabilities.
16733/0 - Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure
Beginning with signature update S409 for sensors running Cisco IPS version 6.x or 5.x, one of these vulnerabilities can be detected by signature 16733/0 (Signature Name: Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure). Signature 16733/0 is enabled by default, triggers a Medium severity event, has a signature fidelity rating (SFR) of 95, and is configured with a default event action of produce-alert.
Signature 16733/0 fires when a single IP flow that attempts to exploit an information disclosure vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 IP Cameras is detected. Firing of this signature may indicate a potential exploit of these vulnerabilities.
16733/1 - Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure
Beginning with signature update S409 for sensors running Cisco IPS version 6.x or 5.x, one of these vulnerabilities can be detected by signature 16733/1 (Signature Name: Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure). Signature 16733/1 is enabled by default, triggers a Medium severity event, has a signature fidelity rating (SFR) of 95, and is configured with a default event action of produce-alert.
Signature 16733/1 fires when a single IP flow that attempts to exploit an information disclosure vulnerability in Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 IP Cameras is detected. Firing of this signature may indicate a potential exploit of these vulnerabilities.
Administrators can configure Cisco IPS sensors to perform an event action when an attack is detected. The configured event action performs preventive or deterrent controls to help protect against an attack that is attempting to exploit the vulnerabilities that are described in this document.
Exploits that use spoofed IP addresses may cause a configured event action to inadvertently deny traffic from trusted sources.
Cisco IPS sensors are most effective when deployed in inline protection mode combined with the use of an event action. Automatic Threat Prevention for Cisco IPS 6.x sensors that are deployed in inline protection mode provides threat prevention against an attack that is attempting to exploit the vulnerabilities that are described in this document. Threat prevention is achieved through a default override that performs an event action for triggered signatures with a riskRatingValue greater than 90.
Cisco IPS 5.x sensors that are deployed in inline protection mode require an event action configured on a per-signature basis. Alternatively, administrators can configure an override that can perform an event action for any signatures that are triggered and are calculated as a high-risk threat. Using an event action on sensors deployed in inline protection mode provides the most effective exploit prevention.
For additional information about the risk rating and threat rating calculation, reference Risk Rating and Threat Rating: Simplify IPS Policy Management.
Identification: IPS Signature Events
Signature: 16755/0 - Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS
IPS# show events alert
evIdsAlert: eventId=1238718211601194046 severity=medium vendor=Cisco
originator:
hostId: IPS
appName: sensorApp
appInstanceId: 424
time: 2009/06/24 21:31:23 2009/06/24 16:31:23 CDT
signature: description=Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS id=16755 created=20090624 type=vulnerability version=S409
subsigId: 0
sigDetails: Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS
marsCategory: DoS/MiscServer
interfaceGroup: vs0
vlan: 0
participants:
attacker:
addr: locality=OUT 192.168.150.129
port: 37000
target:
addr: locality=OUT 192.168.60.128
port: 37000
os: idSource=unknown relevance=relevant type=unknown
triggerPacket:
-- CLI Output Truncated --
riskRatingValue: attackRelevanceRating=relevant targetValueRating=medium 67
threatRatingValue: 67
interface: ge0_0
protocol: udp
Signature: 16733/0 - Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure
IPS# show events alert
evIdsAlert: eventId=1238718211601194128 severity=medium vendor=Cisco
originator:
hostId: R3-A041-IPS4240
appName: sensorApp
appInstanceId: 424
time: 2009/06/24 21:59:00 2009/06/24 16:59:00 CDT
signature: description=Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure id=16733 created=20090624 type=vulnerability version=S409
subsigId: 0
sigDetails: Remote file access
marsCategory: Penetrate/ViewFiles/Sensitive
interfaceGroup: vs0
vlan: 0
participants:
attacker:
addr: locality=OUT 192.168.208.63
port: 32782
target:
addr: locality=OUT 192.168.60.166
port: 80
os: idSource=learned relevance=relevant type=linux
context:
fromAttacker:
-- CLI Output Truncated --
triggerPacket:
-- CLI Output Truncated --
riskRatingValue: attackRelevanceRating=relevant targetValueRating=medium 71
threatRatingValue: 71
interface: ge0_0
protocol: tcp
Signature: 16755/0 - Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS
IPS# show events alert
evIdsAlert: eventId=1238718211601194146 severity=medium vendor=Cisco
originator:
hostId: R3-A041-IPS4240
appName: sensorApp
appInstanceId: 424
time: 2009/06/24 22:04:41 2009/06/24 17:04:41 CDT
signature: description=Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure id=16733 created=20090624 type=vulnerability version=S409
subsigId: 1
sigDetails: Remote file access
marsCategory: Penetrate/ViewFiles/Sensitive
interfaceGroup: vs0
vlan: 0
participants:
attacker:
addr: locality=OUT 192.168.208.63
port: 32783
target:
addr: locality=OUT 192.168.60.166
port: 80
os: idSource=learned relevance=relevant type=linux
context:
fromAttacker:
-- CLI Output Truncated --
triggerPacket:
-- CLI Output Truncated --
riskRatingValue: attackRelevanceRating=relevant targetValueRating=medium 71
threatRatingValue: 71
interface: ge0_0
protocol: tcp
Identification: Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System Incidents
The Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (Cisco Security MARS) appliance can create incidents regarding events that are related to the vulnerabilities that are described in this document using IPS signatures 16755/0 (Signature Name: Cisco Video Surveillance Stream Manager for Services Platforms and Integrated Services Platforms DoS), 16733/0 (Signature Name: Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure) and 16733/1 (Signature Name: Cisco IP Camera Info Disclosure).
After the S409 dynamic signature update has been downloaded, using keyword NR-16755/0 for IPS signature16755/0, NR-16733/0 for IPS signature 16733/0 or NR-16733/1 for IPS signature 16733/1 and a query type of All Matching Events on the Cisco Security MARS appliance will provide a report that lists the incidents created by these IPS signatures.
Beginning with the 4.3.1 and 5.3.1 releases of Cisco Security MARS appliances, support for the Cisco IPS dynamic signature updates feature has been added. This feature downloads new signatures from Cisco.com or from a local web server, correctly processes and categorizes received events that match those signatures, and includes them in inspection rules and reports. These updates provide event normalization and event group mapping, and they also enable the MARS appliance to parse new signatures from the IPS devices.
Caution: If dynamic signature updates are not configured, events that match
these new signatures appear as unknown event type in queries and reports.
Because MARS will not include these events in inspection rules, incidents may
not be created for potential threats or attacks that occur within the
network.
By default, this feature is enabled but requires configuration. If it is not configured, the following Cisco Security MARS rule will be triggered:
System Rule: CS-MARS IPS Signature Update Failure
When this feature is enabled and configured, administrators can determine the current signature version downloaded by MARS by selecting Help > About and reviewing the IPS Signature Version value.
Additional information about dynamic signature updates and instructions for configuring dynamic signature updates are available for the Cisco Security MARS 4.3.1 and 5.3.1 releases.
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Revision 1.1 |
2009-June-25 |
Include IPS Signature S409 information |
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Revision 1.0 |
2009-June-24 |
Initial public release |
Complete information on reporting security vulnerabilities in Cisco products, obtaining assistance with security incidents, and registering to receive security information from Cisco, is available on Cisco's worldwide website at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html. This includes instructions for press inquiries regarding Cisco security notices. All Cisco security advisories are available at http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt.
| Updated: Jun 25, 2009 | Document ID: 110462 |