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Cisco XE: CVE-2019-1757: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Smart Call Home Certificate Validation Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2019-1757: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Smart Call Home Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/28/2019
Created
08/02/2019
Added
07/30/2019
Modified
11/13/2023

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Smart Call Home feature of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data 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.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

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