Transport Gateway Installation SoftwareApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-3345
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 web framework in Cisco Transport Gateway for Smart Call Home (aka TG-SCH or Transport Gateway Installation Software) 4.0 does not properly check authorization for administrative web pages, which allows remote attackers to modify the product via a crafted URL, aka Bug ID CSCuq31503.
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 · moderate confidenceThe web framework in Cisco Transport Gateway for Smart Call Home 4.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability where administrative web pages fail to properly verify user authorization, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to access and modify administrative functions via specially crafted URLs.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
Transport Gateway Installation SoftwareApplication
= 4.0CVSS 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
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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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Identify if Cisco Transport Gateway for Smart Call Home is installedLocate the Cisco Transport Gateway installation and confirm the software name matches 'Cisco Transport Gateway for Smart Call Home' or 'Cisco Transport Gateway Installation Software'Affected if The software is not installed on the system
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Check the installed software versionUse the application's built-in version display function, check the installation directory for version files, or query the software via its management interface to determine the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is not 4.0 (exact match required - only 4.0 is affected)
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Verify the web management interface is accessibleAttempt to reach the web interface via the management IP/hostname on typical HTTP/HTTPS ports (typically 80, 443, or configured management ports) or review network listener configurationAffected if The web interface is not accessible from the network being assessed
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Check for unauthorized administrative page access in logsReview web server logs, application logs, or security event logs for access attempts to administrative URLs (such as /admin, /configure, /settings, or similar paths) from unauthenticated or unauthorized IP addressesAffected if Evidence exists of unauthenticated access to administrative web pages or unusual administrative URL requests from unknown sources
The system is affected only if Cisco Transport Gateway for Smart Call Home version 4.0 is installed and its web management interface is network-accessible, allowing potential unauthenticated administrative access.
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 dataApply the vendor patch from Cisco for bug ID CSCuq31503. As a compensating control, restrict network access to the management interface using ACLs or VPN tunnels to limit exposure to untrusted networks.
Fix this in Transport Gateway Installation Software
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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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-2014-3345 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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