First published: Wed May 15 2019(Updated: )
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system of an attached line card with the privilege level of root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command on the affected device. 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 Linux operating system of an attached line card 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-20190515-nxos-linecardinj-1769
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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The vulnerability ID for the Cisco NX-OS Software Line Card Command Injection Vulnerability is CVE-2019-1769.
The severity of the Cisco NX-OS Software Line Card Command Injection Vulnerability is medium.
Users of Cisco NX-OS Software are affected by the Cisco NX-OS Software Line Card Command Injection Vulnerability.
An attacker with administrator credentials can exploit the Cisco NX-OS Software Line Card Command Injection Vulnerability by executing arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system of an attached line card with root privileges.
You can find more information about the Cisco NX-OS Software Line Card Command Injection Vulnerability in the Cisco Security Advisory.