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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2013.1654
Cisco Nexus 1000V Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
18 November 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Cisco Nexus 1000V
Publisher: Cisco Systems
Operating System: Cisco
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2013-5556
Original Bulletin:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556
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Cisco Security Notice
Cisco Nexus 1000V Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556
CVE ID: CVE-2013-5556
Release Date: 2013 November 14 20:01 UTC (GMT)
Last Updated: 2013 November 15 17:46 UTC (GMT)
Related Documents:
Summary
A vulnerability in the license installation module of the Cisco Nexus 1000V
could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary shell
commands.
The vulnerability is due to a failure of the install all iso command to
properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this
vulnerability by providing crafted arguments to the install all iso command.
Affected Products
Product More Information CVSS
Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch for Microsoft Hyper-V CSCui21340 6.8/5.6
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