Cloud PortalApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-3351
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 · uneditedCisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (aka Cisco Cloud Portal) does not properly consider whether a session is a problematic NULL session, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via crafted packets, aka Bug IDs CSCuh87398 and CSCuh87380.
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 confidenceCisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (Cloud Portal) fails to properly validate session context when handling NULL sessions, allowing remote attackers to send crafted packets that can leak sensitive information. The vulnerability stems from improper session state validation in the portal's authentication handling.
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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
Cloud PortalApplication
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
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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 Cloud Portal deploymentInventory your environment for Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud or Cisco Cloud Portal installations. Look for associated web services, management consoles, and portal interfaces running on the system.Affected if The product is present in the environment, since all versions are affected
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Identify portal network exposureDetermine if the Cloud Portal web interface is accessible from network segments. Check firewall rules, ACLs, and routing configurations that govern access to the portal's HTTP/HTTPS services.Affected if The portal interface is reachable from network locations, particularly untrusted segments
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Verify authentication handling is activeLocate the portal's authentication module and confirm session management is enabled. Since this is a core portal function, it is active by default in all installations.Affected if Authentication and session handling features are enabled (default state for all versions)
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Inspect logs for NULL session anomaliesReview authentication logs, session management logs, and security event logs for patterns involving NULL session handling, unexpected session context, or anomalous authentication requests.Affected if NULL session anomalies, session context errors, or unexpected authentication patterns appear in logs
If Cisco Cloud Portal is deployed and its web interface is network-accessible, the environment is affected since all versions have the improper NULL session validation vulnerability in authentication handling.
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 Cisco patch for CSCuh87398/CSCuh87380 from Cisco's official security advisory. If no patch is available, consider network segmentation to limit exposure and monitor for anomalous NULL session patterns.
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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-2014-3351 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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