Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability

BID:4048

Info

Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4048
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 07 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 07 2002 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was publicized in a Cisco Security Advisory on February 7th, 2002.
Vulnerable: Cisco Secure ACS for Windows NT 3.0 .1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability

Cisco Secure ACS is a highly scalable, high-performance access control server that runs on Windows NT/2000 operating systems and Unix variants. It operates as a centralized Remote Access Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) or TACACS+ server system and controls the authentication of users accessing resources through the network.

A vulnerability has been discovered in Cisco Secure ACS for Windows NT that have been configured for NDS (Novell Directory Services).

Users in the NDS database whose accounts have expired or been disabled may still successfully authenticate with the service. An expired or disabled user who authenticates with the correct credentials will still be able to access the service. The normal, expected behavior is that their access to the service will be denied.

It should be noted that only Cisco Secure ACS 3.01 for Windows NT is prone to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability

Solution:
Cisco has released a patch which addresses this issue. It is available to users with a valid CCO user account.


Cisco Secure ACS for Windows NT 3.0 .1

References

Cisco Secure ACS NDS Expired/Disabled User Authentication Vulnerability

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