SB2020022712 - Authentication Bypass in Cisco NX-OS Software
Published: February 27, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use of hard-coded credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3165)
CWE-ID: CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass MD5 authentication and establish a BGP connection with the device.
The vulnerability exists when the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication is bypassed if the peer does not have MD5 authentication configured, the NX-OS device does have BGP MD5 authentication configured, and the NX-OS BGP virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) name is configured to be greater than 19 characters. A remote unauthenticated attacker can establish a BGP session with the NX-OS device without MD5 authentication.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.