PT-2017-12507 · Cisco · Cisco Nexus Series Switches+1

Published 2017-11-29 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-12342

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Nexus Series Switches (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Open Agent Container (OAC) feature could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to read and send packets outside the scope of the OAC. The issue is due to insufficient internal security measures in the OAC feature. An attacker could exploit this by crafting specific packets for communication on the device-internal network, potentially allowing them to run code on the underlying host operating system. The OAC feature is not enabled by default and requires an administrator to install and activate it for a device to be vulnerable.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12342

Affected Products

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus Series Switches

References · 5

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-nxos9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12342 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12342 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102027 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039940 · Note