Check Point Advisories

Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CVE-2024-20439)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2024-0852
Date Published: 26 Sep 2024
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 30 September, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2024-20439
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Cisco Smart Licensing Utility 2.0.0 and later, prior to 2.3.0
Vulnerability Description A use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability exists in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to gain unauthorized access into the affected system.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CVE-2024-20439) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CVE-2024-20439)

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