CVE-2017-12228

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug and Play application of Cisco IOS 12.4 through 15.6 and Cisco IOS XE 3.3 through 16.4 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc33171.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.9

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.323

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Plug-and-Play PKI API Certificate Validation Vulnerability For Cisco IOS	NCM
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Plug-and-Play PKI API Certificate Validation Vulnerability For Cisco IOS XE Software	NCM
Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12228)	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1706090	Security Update for Cisco IOS Amsterdam-17.2.1r
PATCH-1706107	Security Update for Cisco IOS XE Software 5.2(1)SV5(1.3a)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234