CVE-2016-1404

Description

Cisco UCS Invicta 4.3, 4.5, and 5.0.1 on Invicta appliances and Invicta Scaling System uses the same hardcoded GnuPG encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing network traffic to an Autosupport server and leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation, aka Bug ID CSCur85504.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory cisco.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035957 vdb entry
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160524-ucs-inv vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1404?
CVE-2016-1404 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1404?
To fix CVE-2016-1404, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1404 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1404 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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