Cisco Integrated Management Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-191 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect bounds checking. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a process crash and DoS condition on the device.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) | before 4.0(4b) | 4.0(4b) | Patch available | CNA |
- Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) VendorCisco Affected before 4.0(4b) Fixed in 4.0(4b) Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) (Cisco) Fixed in 4.0(4b)
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) 4.0(4b)
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-01258 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Information Disclosure VulnerabilityPriority LOW 34
- TI-2019-01254 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Information Disclosure VulnerabilityPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1628
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m8rm-64r5-m864
References
More Cisco Integrated Management Controller vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-03016 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-11007 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor SQL Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-02922 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-01259 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.0
- TI-2019-01258 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2019-01256 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-1628 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-1628 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m8rm-64r5-m864 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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