Cisco Policy Suite Confidential Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in password management administration of the Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) application could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain read-only access to information that is confidential and should have restricted access.

The vulnerability is due to the lack of a proper role-based access control (RBAC) implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by remotely connecting to an affected Cisco CPS system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain read-only access to information that should have restricted access.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link: http://ift.tt/1oZMGgg A vulnerability in password management administration of the Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) application could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain read-only access to information that is confidential and should have restricted access.

The vulnerability is due to the lack of a proper role-based access control (RBAC) implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by remotely connecting to an affected Cisco CPS system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain read-only access to information that should have restricted access.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link: http://ift.tt/1oZMGgg
Security Impact Rating: Medium
CVE: CVE-2016-1357

from Cisco Security Advisory http://ift.tt/1oZMGgg