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Cisco UCS Manager: CVE-2024-20397: Cisco NX-OS Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

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Cisco UCS Manager: CVE-2024-20397: Cisco NX-OS Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N)
Published
12/04/2024
Created
12/06/2024
Added
12/05/2024
Modified
12/10/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device, or an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials, to bypass NX-OS image signature verification. This vulnerability is due to insecure bootloader settings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a series of bootloader commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass NX-OS image signature verification and load unverified software.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ucs-manager-upgrade-latest

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