SB2016092227 - Command injection in Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100



SB2016092227 - Command injection in Cisco Cloud Services Platform 2100

Published: September 22, 2016 Updated: April 5, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2016092227
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6374)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to cause arbitrary command execution on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper input validation. By sending specially crafted dnslookup request attacker can inject voluntary commands and execute arbitrary code.
Sucessful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.