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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2013.1351 Cisco Unified Computing System Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability 30 September 2013 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Cisco Unified Computing System Publisher: Cisco Systems Operating System: Cisco VMware ESX Server Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V Citrix XenServer Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2012-1313 Original Bulletin: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-1313 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Cisco Security Notice Cisco Unified Computing System Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-1313 CVE ID: CVE-2012-1313 Release Date: 2013 September 26 15:37 UTC (GMT) Last Updated: 2013 September 26 20:29 UTC (GMT) Related Documents: Summary A vulnerability in the remote debug shell in Cisco Unified Computing System PALO adapter cards could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of special characters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed parameters to the show-macstats command. A successful exploit could grant the attacker root access to the underlying operating system. Affected Products Product More Information CVSS Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed) CSCub13772 6.5/5.4 What Is a Cisco Security Notice? The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) publishes Cisco Security Notices to inform customers of low- to mid-level severity security issues involving Cisco products. Customers who wish to upgrade to a software version that includes fixes for these issues should contact their normal support channels. Free software updates will not be provided for issues that are disclosed through a Cisco Security Notice. 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