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Cisco XE: CVE-2023-20029: Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2023-20029: Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
03/22/2023
Created
03/24/2023
Added
03/23/2023
Modified
07/16/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root level privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient memory protection in the Meraki onboarding feature of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the Meraki registration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-update-latest

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