cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-cmdinj-1609: Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1609)
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. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-cmdinj-1609 This advisory is part of the March 2019 Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication, which includes 25 Cisco Security Advisories that describe 26 vulnerabilities. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: March 2019 Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco NX-OS Software | =8.1<8.1(1b)=7.3<8.1(1b)=6.2<6.2(27)=5.2<6.2(27) | 8.1(1b) 8.1(1b) 6.2(27) 6.2(27) |
| Cisco NX-OS Software | ||
| Cisco NX-OS Software | =6.2<6.2(22)=Prior to 6.2<6.2(22) | 6.2(22) 6.2(22) |
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