Cisco IOS XR Software for 8000 Network Convergence System 540 Series Routers Image Verification (cisco-sa-lnt-QN9mCzwn)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 153224

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XR is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in image verification checks that enables an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvx38902, CSCvx53064

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5b7a493a

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74637

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvx38902

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvx53064

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 153224

File Name: cisco-sa-lnt-QN9mCzwn-iosxr.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/13/2021

Updated: 6/20/2022

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-2021-34708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xr

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XR/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34708, CVE-2021-34709

CWE: 347

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-lnt-QN9mCzwn

IAVA: 2021-A-0407-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvx38902, CSCvx53064