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Cisco UCS Device: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CVE-2019-1885)

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Cisco UCS Device: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CVE-2019-1885)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/21/2019
Created
09/26/2019
Added
09/25/2019
Modified
09/25/2019

Description

A vulnerability in the Redfish protocol of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted authenticated commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands on an affected device with root privileges.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ucs-update-latest

References

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