Cisco FXOS Software Local Management CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20200226-fxos-ucs-cli-cmdinj)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134415

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco FXOS Software is affected by a command injection vulnerability within the local management (local-mgmt) CLI of Cisco FXOS Software due to insufficient input validation. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS) of an affected device.

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 CSCvo42634.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78c0d1d1

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvo42634

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134415

File Name: cisco-sa-20200226-fxos-ucs-cli-cmdinj.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/11/2020

Updated: 3/29/2021

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-2020-3171

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:fxos

Required KB Items: installed_sw/FXOS

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3171

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20200226-fxos-ucs-cli-cmdinj

IAVA: 2020-A-0085

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvo42634