4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.2 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.9%
A vulnerability in the implementation of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass MD5 authentication and establish a BGP connection with the device. The vulnerability occurs because the BGP MD5 authentication is bypassed if the peer does not have MD5 authentication configured, the NX-OS device does have BGP MD5 authentication configured, and the NX-OS BGP virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) name is configured to be greater than 19 characters.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to establish a BGP session with the NX-OS peer. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish a BGP session with the NX-OS device without MD5 authentication. The Cisco implementation of the BGP protocol accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly configured peers. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must send the malicious packets over a TCP connection that appears to come from a trusted BGP peer. To do so, the attacker must obtain information about the BGP peers in the affected system’s trusted network.
This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(501383);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-3165");
script_name(english:"Cisco NX-OS Software Border Gateway Protocol MD5 Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-3165)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A vulnerability in the implementation of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication in Cisco NX-OS Software could
allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass MD5 authentication
and establish a BGP connection with the device. The vulnerability
occurs because the BGP MD5 authentication is bypassed if the peer does
not have MD5 authentication configured, the NX-OS device does have BGP
MD5 authentication configured, and the NX-OS BGP virtual routing and
forwarding (VRF) name is configured to be greater than 19 characters.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to
establish a BGP session with the NX-OS peer. A successful exploit
could allow the attacker to establish a BGP session with the NX-OS
device without MD5 authentication. The Cisco implementation of the BGP
protocol accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly configured
peers. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must send the
malicious packets over a TCP connection that appears to come from a
trusted BGP peer. To do so, the attacker must obtain information about
the BGP peers in the affected system's trusted network.
This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
# https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200226-nxos-bgpmd5
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e3876f25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-3165");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_cwe_id(798);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/02/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/02/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/07/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%281%29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%282%29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%283%29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.3%281%29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"former");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/Cisco");
exit(0);
}
include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');
get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/Cisco');
var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'Cisco');
var vuln_cpes = {
"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%281%29" :
{"versionEndIncluding" : "9.2%281%29", "versionStartIncluding" : "9.2%281%29", "family" : "NXOS"},
"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%282%29" :
{"versionEndIncluding" : "9.2%282%29", "versionStartIncluding" : "9.2%282%29", "family" : "NXOS"},
"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%283%29" :
{"versionEndIncluding" : "9.2%283%29", "versionStartIncluding" : "9.2%283%29", "family" : "NXOS"},
"cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.3%281%29" :
{"versionEndIncluding" : "9.3%281%29", "versionStartIncluding" : "9.3%281%29", "family" : "NXOS"}
};
tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
cisco | nx-os | 9.2%281%29 | cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%281%29 |
cisco | nx-os | 9.2%282%29 | cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%282%29 |
cisco | nx-os | 9.2%283%29 | cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.2%283%29 |
cisco | nx-os | 9.3%281%29 | cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:9.3%281%29 |
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.2 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.9%