Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 102778

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCvc34335.
Alternatively, the following workarounds can be performed:
- A locally configured user on the device is not vulnerable.
- If the remote connection to the APIC is done via the Representational State Transfer (REST) API or GUI, the device is not vulnerable. However, if the Launch SSH feature within the GUI is used, it could be vulnerable if remote authentication is used.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102778

File Name: cisco-sa-20170816-apic1-application_policy_infrastructure_controller.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/25/2017

Updated: 11/6/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6767

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller, cpe:/o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_firmware

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6767

BID: 100400

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20170816-apic1

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvc34335

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