CVE-2021-1485

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges on the underlying Linux operating system (OS) of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying Linux OS with root privileges.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.07

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services RoutersNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Network Convergence System 6000 Series RoutersNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Network Convergence System 4000 SeriesNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco IOS XRv 9000 RouterNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Network Convergence System 5000 SeriesNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Network Convergence System 5500 SeriesNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Network Convergence System 1000 SeriesNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco Network Convergence System 500 Series RoutersNCM
Cisco IOS XR Software Command Injection Vulnerability For Cisco 8000 Series RoutersNCM
CVE-2021-1485NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1705564Security Update for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers 5.3.0.1i.BASE
PATCH-1705630Security Update for Cisco Network Convergence System 6000 Series Routers 6.1.4
PATCH-1705272Security Update for Cisco Network Convergence System 4000 Series 7.2.2
PATCH-1705219Security Update for Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router 7.1.2.1i.BASE
PATCH-1706021Security Update for Cisco Network Convergence System 5000 Series 6.2.1.21i.BASE
PATCH-1705220Security Update for Cisco Network Convergence System 5500 Series 7.1.2.1i.BASE
PATCH-1705124Security Update for Cisco Network Convergence System 1000 Series 7.2.1.9i.ROUT
PATCH-1705229Security Update for Cisco Network Convergence System 500 Series Routers 7.2.1.21i.BASE
PATCH-1705230Security Update for Cisco 8000 Series Routers 7.2.1.21i.BASE

References

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