First published: Wed Mar 06 2019(Updated: )
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. Nexus 3000 Series Switches are affected running software versions prior to 7.0(3)I4(9) and 7.0(3)I7(4). Nexus 3500 Platform Switches are affected running software versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(4). Nexus 3600 Platform Switches are affected running software versions prior to 7.0(3)F3(5). Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Stand are affected running software versions prior to 7.0(3)F3(5).
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Cisco Nx-os | >=7.0\(3\)<7.0\(3\)i7\(6\) | |
Cisco Nexus 3500 | ||
Cisco Nx-os | >=7.0\(3\)i5<7.0\(3\)i7\(6\) | |
Cisco Nexus 3000 | ||
Cisco Nx-os | >=7.0\(3\)f3<7.0\(3\)f3\(5\) | |
Cisco Nexus 3600 | ||
Cisco Nx-os | <7.0\(3\)f3\(5\) | |
Cisco Nexus 9000 | ||
Cisco Nx-os | >=7.0\(3\)f1<7.0\(3\)f3\(5\) | |
Cisco Nexus 9500 |
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2019-1612.
The severity rating of CVE-2019-1612 is high.
CVE-2019-1612 allows an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device.
CVE-2019-1612 is caused by insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands.
Only Cisco NX-OS Software version 7.0(3)i5 to 7.0(3)i7(6) are vulnerable to CVE-2019-1612.