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Cisco NX-OS: Cisco Nexus Series Switches CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6649)

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Cisco NX-OS: Cisco Nexus Series Switches CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6649)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/21/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/25/2017
Modified
03/15/2023

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS System Software 7.1 through 7.3 running on Cisco Nexus Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files at the user's privilege level outside of the user's path. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86787, CSCve60516, CSCve60555.

Solution(s)

  • update-nxos

References

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