[nsp] Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco PIX Multiple Vulnerabilities

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:00:00 -0800 (UTC)

   The Cisco PIX Firewall provides robust, enterprise-class security services
   including stateful inspection firewalling, standards-based IP Security
   (IPsec) Virtual Private Networking (VPN), intrusion protection and much
   more in cost-effective, easy to deploy solutions.

   Two vulnerabilities have been resolved for the PIX firewall for which
   fixes are available. These vulnerabilities are documented as Cisco bug ID
   CSCdv83490 and CSCdx35823. There are no workarounds available to mitigate
   the effects of these vulnerabilities.

   This advisory will be posted at
   http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pix-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml.

Affected Products

   All PIX Firewall units running the vulnerable releases and using the
   specific features are affected by these vulnerabilities.

   No other Cisco products are currently known to be affected by these
   vulnerabilities.

   +-------------------------------------------------+
   |       DDTs-Description        |Affected Release |
   |-------------------------------+-----------------|
   |CSCdv83490-While processing    |6.0.3 and earlier|
   |initial contact notify messages|6.1.3 and earlier|
   |the PIX does not delete        |                 |
   |duplicate Internet Security    |                 |
   |Authentication Key Management  |                 |
   |Protocol Security Associations |                 |
   |(ISAKMP SAs) with the peer.    |                 |
   |-------------------------------+-----------------|
   |CSCdx35823-Buffer overflow     |5.2.8 and earlier|
   |while doing HTTP traffic       |6.0.3 and earlier|
   |authentication using Terminal  |6.1.3 and earlier|
   |Access Controller Access       |6.2.1 and earlier|
   |Control System Plus (TACACS+)  |                 |
   |or Remote Authentication       |                 |
   |Dial-In User Service (RADIUS). |                 |
   +-------------------------------------------------+

   To determine your software revision, type show version at the command line
   prompt.

Details

   CSCdv83490
           When a user establishes a VPN session upon successful peer and
           user authentication, the PIX creates an ISAKMP SA associating the
           user and his IP address.

           If an attacker is now able to block the logged-in user's
           connection and establish a connection to the PIX using the same IP
           address as that of the user, he will be able to establish a VPN
           session with the PIX, using only peer authentication, provided he
           already has access to the peer authentication key also known as
           the group pre-shared key (PSK) or group password key.

   CSCdx35823
           A user starting a connection via FTP, Telnet, or over the World
           Wide Web (HTTP) is prompted for their user name and password. If
           the user name and password are verified by the designated TACACS+
           or RADIUS authentication server, the PIX Firewall unit will allow
           further traffic between the authentication server and the
           connection to interact independently through the PIX Firewall
           unit's "cut-through proxy" feature.

           The PIX may crash and reload due to a buffer overflow
           vulnerability while processing HTTP traffic requests for
           authentication using TACACS+ or RADIUS.

   The Internetworking Terms and Acronyms online guide can be found at
   http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ita/index.htm. The Cisco
   Systems Terms and Acronyms online guide can be found at
   http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ita/cisco12.htm.

   These vulnerabilities are documented in the Bug Toolkit as Bug IDs
   CSCdv83490 and CSCdx35823, and can be viewed after 2002 November 21 at
   1600 UTC. To access this tool, you must be a registered user and you must
   be logged in.

Impact

   +-------------------------------------------------+
   |    DDTs-Description     |        Impact         |
   |-------------------------+-----------------------|
   |CSCdv83490-While         |This vulnerability can |
   |processing initial       |be exploited to        |
   |contact notify messages  |initiate a             |
   |the PIX does not delete  |Man-In-The-Middle      |
   |duplicate ISAKMP SA's    |attack for VPN sessions|
   |with the peer.           |to the PIX.            |
   |-------------------------+-----------------------|
   |CSCdx35823 - Buffer      |This vulnerability can |
   |overflow while doing HTTP|be exploited to        |
   |traffic authentication   |initiate a             |
   |using TACACS+ or RADIUS. |Denial-of-Service      |
   |                         |attack.                |
   +-------------------------------------------------+

Software Versions and Fixes

   +-------------------------------------------------+
   |         DDTs-Description         |Fixed Releases|
   |----------------------------------+--------------|
   |CSCdv83490-While processing       |6.0.4 and     |
   |initial contact notify messages   |later         |
   |the PIX does not delete duplicate |6.1.4 and     |
   |ISAKMP SAs with the peer.         |later         |
   |                                  |6.2.1 and     |
   |                                  |later         |
   |----------------------------------+--------------|
   |CSCdx35823-Buffer overflow while  |5.2.9 and     |
   |doing HTTP traffic authentication |later         |
   |using TACACS+ or RADIUS.          |6.0.4 and     |
   |                                  |later         |
   |                                  |6.1.4 and     |
   |                                  |later         |
   |                                  |6.2.2 and     |
   |                                  |later         |
   +-------------------------------------------------+

   The procedure to upgrade to the fixed software version is detailed at
   http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_sw/index.htm.

Obtaining Fixed Software

   Cisco is offering free software upgrades to address these vulnerabilities
   for all affected customers. Customers may only install and expect support
   for the feature sets they have purchased.

   Customers with service contracts should contact their regular update
   channels to obtain the free software upgrade identified via this advisory.
   For most customers with service contracts, this means that upgrades should
   be obtained through the Software Center on Cisco's worldwide website at
   http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/pix. To access the software,
   download URL http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/pix, you must be
   a registered user and you must be logged in.

   Customers whose Cisco products are provided or maintained through a prior
   or existing agreement with third-party support organizations such as Cisco
   Partners, authorized resellers, or service providers should contact that
   support organization for assistance with obtaining the free software
   upgrade(s).

   Customers who purchased directly from Cisco but who do not hold a Cisco
   service contract, and customers who purchase through third-party vendors
   but are unsuccessful at obtaining fixed software through their point of
   sale, should obtain fixed software by contacting the Cisco Technical
   Assistance Center (TAC) using the contact information listed below. In
   these cases, customers are entitled to obtain an upgrade to a later
   version of the same release or as indicated by the applicable corrected
   software version in the Software Versions and Fixes section (noted above).

   Cisco TAC contacts are as follows:

     * +1 800 553 2447 (toll free from within North America)
     * +1 408 526 7209 (toll call from anywhere in the world)
     * e-mail: tac@cisco.com

   See http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/687/Directory/DirTAC.shtml for
   additional TAC contact information, including special localized telephone
   numbers and instructions and e-mail addresses for use in various
   languages.

   Please have your product serial number available and give the URL of this
   advisory as evidence of your entitlement to a free upgrade.

   Please do not contact either "psirt@cisco.com" or
   "security-alert@cisco.com" for software upgrades.

Workarounds

   There are no workarounds for these vulnerabilities. The Cisco PSIRT
   recommends that affected users upgrade to a fixed software version of
   code.

Exploitation and Public Announcements

   The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any malicious use of the vulnerabilities
   described in this advisory.

   These vulnerabilities were reported to PSIRT by Cisco engineering and
   customers.

Status of This Advisory: FINAL

   This is a final advisory. Although Cisco cannot guarantee the accuracy of
   all statements in this advisory, all of the facts have been checked to the
   best of our ability. Cisco does not anticipate issuing updated versions of
   this advisory unless there is some material change in the facts. Should
   there be a significant change in the facts, Cisco may update this
   advisory.

   A stand-alone copy or paraphrase of the text of this security advisory
   that omits the distribution URL in the following section is an
   uncontrolled copy, and may lack important information or contain factual
   errors.

Distribution

   This advisory will be posted on Cisco's worldwide website at
   http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/pix-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml.

   In addition to worldwide website posting, a text version of this advisory
   is clear-signed with the Cisco PSIRT PGP key having the fingerprint FEB1
   1B89 A64B 60BB 4770 D1CE 93D2 FF06 F236 759C and is posted to the
   following e-mail and Usenet news recipients:

     * cust-security-announce@cisco.com
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     * full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
     * first-teams@first.org (includes CERT/CC)
     * cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
     * cisco@spot.colorado.edu
     * comp.dcom.sys.cisco
     * Various internal Cisco mailing lists

   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.

Revision History

   +-------------------------------------------------+
   | Revision | 2002-Nov-20 | Initial public release |
   | 1.0      |             |                        |
   +-------------------------------------------------+

Cisco Security Procedures

   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/warp/public/707/sec_incident_response.shtml. This
   includes instructions for press inquiries regarding Cisco security
   advisories. All Cisco security advisories are available at
   http://www.cisco.com/go/psirt.

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