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Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Application Hosting Environment Command Injection (cisco-sa-iox-8whGn5dL)
high Nessus Plugin ID 171233
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS-XE Software is affected by a vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to incomplete sanitization of parameters that are passed in for activation of an application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by deploying and activating an application in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment with a crafted activation payload file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host operating system.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 CSCwc66882See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 171233
File Name: cisco-sa-iox-8whGn5dL-iosxe.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 2/9/2023
Updated: 10/27/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20076
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:ios_xe
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version, Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Model
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-20076