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Cisco FXOS Software Unidirectional Link Detection Command Injection (cisco-sa-fxos-cmdinj-TxcLNZNH)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 164500
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The attacker would need to have Administrator privileges on the device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.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 CSCwc38361See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 164500
File Name: cisco-sa-fxos-cmdinj-TxcLNZNH.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 8/30/2022
Updated: 3/23/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20865
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:fxos
Required KB Items: installed_sw/FXOS
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-20865