Check Point Advisories

Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass (CVE-2019-1867)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-0971
Date Published:	27 Aug 2019
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 22 April, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-1867
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco Elastic Services Controller 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, or 4.4
Vulnerability Description	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the REST API of Cisco Elastic Services Controller. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on the target machine.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass (CVE-2019-1867) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass (CVE-2019-1867)