SB2017101807 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Nexus
Published: October 18, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017101807
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12301)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.The weakness exists in the Python scripting subsystem of Cisco NX-OS Software due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied parameters that are passed to certain Python functions within the scripting sandbox. A local attacker can escape the scripting sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.