CVE-2019-1659
mediumpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 58 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) integration feature of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) tunnel established between ISE and PI. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of the server SSL certificate when establishing the SSL tunnel with ISE. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a crafted SSL certificate and could then intercept communications between the ISE and PI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view and alter potentially sensitive information that the ISE maintains about clients that are connected to the network. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Infrastructure Software Releases 2.2 through 3.4.0 when the PI server is integrated with ISE, which is disabled by default.
remediations
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- FixedCisco Prime Infrastructurecisco_csaf
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https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–7.4
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20190220-prime-validationCisco Prime Infrastructure Certificate Validation Vulnerability2019-02-20csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) integration feature of Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) tunnel established between ISE and PI. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of the server SSL certificate when establishing the SSL tunnel with ISE. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a crafted SSL certificate and could then intercept communications between the ISE and PI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view and alter potentially sensitive information that the ISE maintains about clients that are connected to the network. 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: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190220-prime-validation ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190220-prime-validation"]
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references (11)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/42798cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107092cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1659cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190220-prime-validationcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-Prime-Infrastructure-Man-in-the-Middle-via-SSL-Certificate-Not-Validated-28576cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/75894cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107092cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107092enisa_euvd
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