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Cisco NX-OS Software Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1778)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 128058
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco NX-OS Software is affected by following vulnerability- A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with the privilege level of root.The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command on the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
(CVE-2019-1778)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvh75996See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 128058
File Name: cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-cmdinj-1778.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 8/22/2019
Updated: 12/20/2019
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-2019-1778
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-2019-1778
BID: 108362