---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ovum says ad hoc tools are out-dated. The best practice approach? Fast vulnerability intelligence, threat handling, and setup in one tool. Read the new report on the Secunia VIM: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ovum_2011_request/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cisco Show and Share Security Bypass Security Issue and File Upload Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA46465 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/46465/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46465 RELEASE DATE: 2011-10-21 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/46465/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/46465/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46465 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A security issue and a vulnerability have been reported in Cisco Show and Share, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. 1) An error due to the application not verifying credentials for certain administrative pages can be exploited to gain access to the Encoders and Pull Configurations, Push Configurations, Video Encoding Formats, and Transcoding pages. 2) An error due to the application not verifying uploaded files can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the privileges to upload videos. The security issue and vulnerability are reported in versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and 5.2.2. SOLUTION: Update to version 5.2.2.1. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits Andy Yang and Mehdi Kiani, stratsec. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20111019-sns OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------