Cisco IOx Application Hosting Environment Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-rdocker-uATbukKn)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182681

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS-XE Software is affected by a vulnerability in the on-device application development workflow feature for the Cisco IOx application hosting infrastructure that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability exists because Docker containers with the privileged runtime option are not blocked when they are in application development mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the Docker CLI to access an affected device. The application development workflow is meant to be used only on development systems and not in production systems.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwf67351

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182681

File Name: cisco-sa-rdocker-uATbukKn.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/6/2023

Updated: 10/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:ios_xe

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20235

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-rdocker-uATbukKn

IAVA: 2023-A-0528

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwf67351

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