Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Arbitrary Command Execution (cisco-sa-20180620-nx-os-cli-execution)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138348

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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 command injection vulnerability exists in CLI parser due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, via injecting malicious command arguments, to 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 CSCve51693, CSCve91634, CSCve91659, CSCve91663

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138348

File Name: cisco-sa-20180620-nx-os-cli-execution.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/9/2020

Updated: 5/20/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0306

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: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: 6/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0306

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20180620-nx-os-cli-execution

IAVA: 2020-A-0397

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCve51693, CSCve91634, CSCve91659, CSCve91663

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