Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Software Password Exposure (CVE-2015-4213)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501313

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Cisco NX-OS 1.1(1g) on Nexus 9000 devices allows remote authenticated users to discover cleartext passwords by leveraging the existence of a decryption mechanism, aka Bug ID CSCuu84391.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39469

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75378

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032712

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 501313

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 7/25/2023

Updated: 12/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4213

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os:1.1%281g%29

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4213

CWE: 200