NN-2023:11-01

SQL Injection on IDS parsing of malformed asset fields in Guardian/CMC >= 22.6.0 before 22.6.3 and 23.1.0

Last update: 2023-11-16

Advisory IDNN-2023:11-01
TopicSQL Injection on IDS parsing of malformed asset fields in Guardian/CMC >= 22.6.0 before 22.6.3 and 23.1.0
CWE ImpactCWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Issue date2023-09-18
AffectsGuardian, CMC >= 22.6.0, < v22.6.3 or < v23.1.0
CVE Name(s)CVE-2023-29245
CVSS detailsCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score8.1
CVE Risk LevelHigh
Risk Level for Nozomi customersHigh

Summary

A SQL Injection vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Guardian and CMC, due to improper input validation in certain fields used in the Asset Intelligence functionality of our IDS, may allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements on the DBMS used by the web application by sending specially crafted malicious network packets.

Impact

Malicious users with extensive knowledge on the underlying system may be able to extract arbitrary information from the DBMS in an uncontrolled way, or to alter its structure and data.

Affected Products

Guardian, CMC >= 22.6.0, < v22.6.3 or < v23.1.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

N/A

Solutions

Upgrade to v22.6.3, v23.1.0 or later.

Modification History

2023-09-18: Initial revision
2023-11-13: Migrated to CSAF VEX format
2023-11-16: CSAF vers improvements

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Acknowledgements

We thank the following parties for their efforts:

  • Nozomi Networks for finding this issue during an internal investigation

Contact

Nozomi Networks Product Security team can be reached at prodsec@nozominetworks.com.
More contact details on the PSIRT page.