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FKIE_CVE-2017-12331

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-30 09:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:03

Severity

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS System Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to bypass signature verification when loading a software patch. The vulnerability is due to insufficient NX-OS signature verification for software patches. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass signature verification and load a crafted, unsigned software patch on a targeted device. The attacker would need valid administrator credentials to perform this exploit. This vulnerability affects the following products running Cisco NX-OS System Software: Multilayer Director Switches, Nexus 7000 Series Switches, Nexus 7700 Series Switches, Unified Computing System Manager. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf16494, CSCvf23655.

References

URL	Tags
psirt@cisco.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102159
psirt@cisco.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039930	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@cisco.com	https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-nxos	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102159
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039930	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-nxos	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cisco	nx-os	8.1\(1\)
	cisco	unified_computing_system	7.0\(0\)hsk\(0.357\)

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CVE-2017-12331 (GCVE-0-2017-12331)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-30 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:36

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-347

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102159	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039930	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Cisco NX-OS	Affected: Cisco NX-OS

Date Public

2017-11-30 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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