Check Point Advisories

Cisco UCS Director AMF External Entity Injection

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-0963
Date Published:	2 Nov 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 02 November, 2023
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco Systems UCS Director prior to 6.8.0.0
Vulnerability Description	An XML External Entity Injection vulnerability exists in Cisco UCS Directory. Successful exploitation could result in the disclosure of information in the context of the ucsdu user.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco UCS Director AMF External Entity Injection 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 UCS Director AMF External Entity Injection