SB2021090909 - Privilege escalation in Cisco IOS XR Software

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SB2021090909 - Privilege escalation in Cisco IOS XR Software

Published: September 9, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021090909
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34721)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the XML configuration manager of Cisco IOS XR Software. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.


2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34722)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software. A local user can execute arbitrary OS commands on the system with root privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References