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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-6474: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SSH X.509 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2016-6474: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SSH X.509 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/14/2016
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
01/05/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of X.509 Version 3 for SSH authentication functionality in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on an affected system. More Information: CSCuv89417. Known Affected Releases: 15.5(2.25)T. Known Fixed Releases: 15.2(4)E1 15.2(4)E2 15.2(4)E3 15.2(4)EA4 15.2(4.0r)EB 15.2(4.1.27)EB 15.2(4.4.2)EA4 15.2(4.7.1)EC 15.2(4.7.2)EC 15.2(5.1.1)E 15.2(5.5.63)E 15.2(5.5.64)E 15.4(1)IA1.80 15.5(3)M1.1 15.5(3)M2 15.5(3)S1.4 15.5(3)S2 15.6(0.22)S0.12 15.6(1)T0.1 15.6(1)T1 15.6(1.15)T 15.6(1.17)S0.7 15.6(1.17)SP 15.6(1.22.1a)T0 15.6(2)S 15.6(2)SP 16.1(1.24) 16.1.2 16.2(0.247) 16.3(0.11) 3.8(1)E Denali-16.1.2.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

References

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