Seriously? Another Cisco Fuck-Up

Right, listen up. Because apparently some people need things spelled out for them. Cisco’s Firepower Management Center (FMC) has a gaping hole in its RADIUS implementation – a CVSS score of 10.0, meaning it’s about as bad as it gets. Some unauthenticated bastard can just waltz up and execute code remotely. Remotely. Like, from their couch probably.

Specifically, this affects versions before 7.4.3 and 7.5 before 6. It’s a vulnerability in how the FMC handles RADIUS requests. They’re saying it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the affected system. Root. Privileges. Do I really need to explain why that’s bad? Apparently, yes.

Patches are available (surprise!), so if you’re running this garbage, UPDATE IT. Now. Don’t be one of those people who cries when their network gets pwned because they were “too busy” to apply a critical security fix. Cisco is being unusually quiet about details beyond “apply the patch”. Which figures.

Affected products include Firepower Threat Defense, Firepower Management Center, Secure Firewall Threat Defense, and Secure Firewall Management Center. Basically, if it has Cisco on it and handles RADIUS, assume you’re screwed unless you’ve patched.

Honestly, I’m starting to think Cisco just *tries* to make vulnerabilities at this point.

Source: The Hacker News

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Speaking of root access, I once had a sysadmin who thought disabling the firewall was “testing” it. Testing it by making it completely useless. He then wondered why everything got compromised. Some people shouldn’t be allowed near computers, let alone manage networks. It’s infuriating.

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