CVE-2015-0658

critical

Description

The DHCP implementation in the PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) feature in Cisco NX-OS does not properly restrict the initialization process, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by sending crafted response packets on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCur14589.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031992

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38062

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-03-28

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical