Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability (CSCui21340)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78858

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in the license installation module of a Cisco Nexus 1000V could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands. This issue is due to the failure of the 'install all iso' command to properly validate user-supplied input.

Solution

Apply the patch referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCui21340.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3366ca1f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78858

File Name: cisco-sn-CVE-2013-5556-nxos.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/4/2014

Updated: 10/29/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:nexus_1000v

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: 11/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5556

BID: 63732

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCui21340