CVE-2016-6474 (GCVE-0-2016-6474)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-14 00:37 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in the implementation of X.509 Version 3 for SSH authentication functionality in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on an affected system. More Information: CSCuv89417. Known Affected Releases: 15.5(2.25)T. Known Fixed Releases: 15.2(4)E1 15.2(4)E2 15.2(4)E3 15.2(4)EA4 15.2(4.0r)EB 15.2(4.1.27)EB 15.2(4.4.2)EA4 15.2(4.7.1)EC 15.2(4.7.2)EC 15.2(5.1.1)E 15.2(5.5.63)E 15.2(5.5.64)E 15.4(1)IA1.80 15.5(3)M1.1 15.5(3)M2 15.5(3)S1.4 15.5(3)S2 15.6(0.22)S0.12 15.6(1)T0.1 15.6(1)T1 15.6(1.15)T 15.6(1.17)S0.7 15.6(1.17)SP 15.6(1.22.1a)T0 15.6(2)S 15.6(2)SP 16.1(1.24) 16.1.2 16.2(0.247) 16.3(0.11) 3.8(1)E Denali-16.1.2.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • unspecified
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94773 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037420 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Cisco IOS Affected: Cisco IOS
Date Public
2016-12-13 00:00
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