Unified Computing SystemHardware / appliance · Cisco
CVE-2012-4092
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe management interface in the Central Software component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) does not properly validate the identity of vCenter consoles, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read or modify an inter-device data stream by spoofing an identity, aka Bug ID CSCtk00683.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Cisco UCS Central Software management interface fails to properly validate the identity/certificate of vCenter consoles during SSL/TLS handshakes, enabling man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof vCenter identities and intercept or modify data in transit between the UCS management plane and virtual center.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Unified Computing SystemHardware / appliance
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Cisco UCS Central deploymentIdentify whether Cisco UCS Central management software is deployed in your environment for managing UCS infrastructure and vCenter connectionsAffected if Cisco UCS Central management interface is in use and configured to communicate with vCenter
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Check SSL/TLS certificate validation settingsReview the SSL/TLS configuration between UCS Central management interface and vCenter for certificate validation settingsAffected if Certificate validation is disabled, optional, or not properly enforced for vCenter connections
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Verify mutual SSL authentication configurationInspect whether mutual SSL authentication (client and server certificate verification) is enabled between UCS management and vCenterAffected if Mutual SSL authentication is not configured or enforced for the vCenter connection
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Inspect trusted certificate storeCheck the trusted certificate configuration and PKI setup used for UCS Central to vCenter communicationAffected if Trusted certificates are not properly configured or self-signed certificates are accepted without proper validation
Your environment is affected if Cisco UCS Central is deployed and proper certificate validation and mutual SSL authentication between the UCS management plane and vCenter are not enforced
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataEnable and enforce proper certificate validation and mutual SSL authentication between UCS management and vCenter; implement PKI with trusted certificates to prevent identity spoofing.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-4092 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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