Cisco SA 500 system device Web Management Interface Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Cisco SA540 2.1.18
Cisco SA520W 2.1.18
Unaffected system:
Cisco SA540 2.1.19
Cisco SA520W 2.1.19
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 48810
Cve id: CVE-2011-2547

Cisco SA 500 series security devices are integrated security solutions for small businesses with less than 100 employees.

A remote command injection vulnerability exists in the implementation of the Web management interface of Cisco SA 500 series products. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands in the underlying operating system as root.

Attackers can obtain root privileges by providing malicious parameters through several Web forms.

<* Source: Michal Sajdak (michal.sajdak@securitum.pl)

Link: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20110720-sa500.shtml
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Cisco
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Cisco has released a Security Bulletin (cisco-sa-20110720-sa500) and patches for this:

Cisco-sa-20110720-sa500: Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliances Web Management Interface Vulnerabilities

Link: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20110720-sa500.shtml