SB2018020812 - Security restrictions bypass in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers



SB2018020812 - Security restrictions bypass in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers

Published: February 8, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018020812
Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0122)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker bypass security restrictions and modify data on the target system.

The weakness exists in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can inject specially crafted command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command and overwrite or modify arbitrary files that are stored in the flash memory.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.