Cisco NX-OS Software One Platform Kit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ios-nxos-onepk-rce-6Hhyt4dC)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137903

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch (cisco-sa-ios-nxos-onepk-rce-6Hhyt4dC)

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco NXOS is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.
Therefore there exists in Cisco One Platform Kit due to a vulnerability in the Topology Discovery Service.
An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

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 CSCvh10810, CSCvr80243, CSCvs42159, CSCvs42176, CSCvs81070

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?38e0a857

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-73388

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvh10810

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvr80243

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs42159

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs42176

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs81070

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137903

File Name: cisco-sa-ios-nxos-onepk-rce-6Hhyt4dC.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/1/2020

Updated: 4/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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:nx-os

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: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3217