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Cisco IOS XE Line Card Console Access Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170927-cc)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103702

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version and configuration, the Cisco IOS XE software running on the remote device is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker, with physical access, can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to an affected devices' operating system.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID's CSCvc65866 and CSCve77132.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa432e5b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103702

File Name: cisco-sa-20170927-cc.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/6/2017

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12239

BID: 101042