Cisco Security Advisory: CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor CORBA GIOP Overflow Vulnerability

Contents

Summary
Affected Products
Details
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Impact
Software Versions and Fixes
Workarounds
Obtaining Fixed Software
Exploitation and Public Announcements
Status of this Notice: FINAL
Distribution
Revision History
Cisco Security Procedures

Vulnerable Products

Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable

CiscoWorks IPM is a troubleshooting application that gauges network response time and availability. CiscoWorks IPM is available as a component within the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS) bundle. CiscoWorks IPM versions 2.6 and earlier for Windows contain a buffer overflow vulnerability when processing Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) GIOP requests. By sending a crafted CORBA GIOP request, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to trigger the buffer overflow condition and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows systems. This vulnerability is documented in Cisco Bug ID CSCsv62350 and has been assigned the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2010-0138.

Cisco has provided scores for the vulnerabilities in this advisory based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). The CVSS scoring in this Security Advisory is done in accordance with CVSS version 2.0.

CVSS is a standards-based scoring method that conveys vulnerability severity and helps determine urgency and priority of response.

Cisco has provided a base and temporal score. Customers can then compute environmental scores to assist in determining the impact of the vulnerability in individual networks.

Cisco has provided an FAQ to answer additional questions regarding CVSS at:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/cvss-qandas.html

Cisco has also provided a CVSS calculator to help compute the environmental impact for individual networks at:

http://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvss

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in the ability to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows systems.

Ciscoworks IPM versions 2.6 and earlier for Windows contain a vulnerable third-party component that is no longer supported. Cisco is unable to provide updated software for affected CiscoWorks versions. Consult the Obtaining Fixed Software section of this advisory for instructions on how to address vulnerable systems.

There are no workarounds for this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate this vulnerability by restricting network access to TCP ports on an affected Windows system running IPM versions 2.6 and earlier to trusted systems.

Additional mitigation techniques that can be deployed on Cisco devices within the network are available in the Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin companion document for this advisory:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-amb-20100120-ipm.shtml

Ciscoworks IPM versions 2.6 and earlier for Windows contain a vulnerable third-party component that is no longer supported. Cisco is unable to provide updated software for affected CiscoWorks versions.

Customers with active software licenses for the IPM component of CiscoWorks versions 2.6 and earlier for Windows should send email to the following address for instructions on migrating to non-vulnerable software:

ipm-corba-fix@cisco.com

The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability described in this advisory.

This vulnerability was discovered and reported to Cisco by an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative. Cisco would like to thank TippingPoint for reporting this vulnerability to us and for working with us on a coordinated disclosure.

This advisory is posted on Cisco's worldwide website at:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100120-ipm.shtml

In addition to worldwide web posting, a text version of this notice is clear-signed with the Cisco PSIRT PGP key and is posted to the following e-mail and Usenet news recipients.

• cust-security-announce@cisco.com
  
• first-bulletins@lists.first.org
  
• bugtraq@securityfocus.com
  
• vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org
  
• cisco@spot.colorado.edu
  
• cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
  
• full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk
  
• comp.dcom.sys.cisco@newsgate.cisco.com
  

Future updates of this advisory, if any, will be placed on Cisco's worldwide website, but may or may not be actively announced on mailing lists or newsgroups. Users concerned about this problem are encouraged to check the above URL for any updates.

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.