Cisco NX-OS Software Buffer Overflow and Command Injection Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126342

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco NX-OS Software is affected by a vulnerability in the implementation of a specific CLI command for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to cause a buffer overflow condition or perform command injection. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a certain CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of the affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
(CVE-2019-1767) (CVE-2019-1768)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvh76132, CSCvh76129, CSCvj00497, CSCvj10162

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126342

File Name: cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-overflow-inj.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/28/2019

Updated: 5/14/2024

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-2019-1768

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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:nx-os

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1767, CVE-2019-1768

BID: 108386

CWE: 119, 77

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-overflow-inj

IAVA: 2019-A-0173

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvh76129, CSCvh76132, CSCvj00497, CSCvj10162

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