Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Comm Injection (cisco-sa-nxos-cmd-injection-xD9OhyOP)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201218

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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.

- A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are passed to specific configuration CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input as the argument of an affected configuration CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root. Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability on a Cisco NX-OS device, an attacker must have Administrator credentials. (CVE-2024-20399)

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 CSCwj94682, CSCwj97007, CSCwj97009, CSCwj97011

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201218

File Name: cisco-sa-nxos-cmd-injection-xD9OhyOP.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/1/2024

Updated: 8/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20399

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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:H/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20399

CWE: 78

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-nxos-cmd-injection-xD9OhyOP

IAVA: 2024-A-0377

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwj94682, CSCwj97007, CSCwj97009, CSCwj97011

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