Cisco IOS XE HTTP Parameters Command Injection (cisco-sa-20170322-xeci)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99032

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco IOS XE software running on the remote device is affected by an command injection vulnerability due to insufficient validation of user-supplied HTTP input parameters. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary commands with root level privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuy83069.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99032

File Name: cisco-sa-20170322-xeci.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/29/2017

Updated: 5/3/2024

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 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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3858

BID: 97009

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20170322-xeci

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuy83069

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