SB2023011150 - Denial of service in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator
Published: January 11, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023011150
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20040)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation in the NETCONF service when uploading packages to device. A remote user can upload a specially crafted package file and write files to arbitrary locations or delete arbitrary files on the system, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.