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Cisco IOS-XR: CVE-2024-20320: Cisco IOS XR Software SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Cisco IOS-XR: CVE-2024-20320: Cisco IOS XR Software SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/13/2024
Created
03/15/2024
Added
03/14/2024
Modified
11/04/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH client feature of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco 8000 Series Routers and Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) 540 Series and 5700 Series Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments that are included with the SSH client CLI command. An attacker with low-privileged access to an affected device could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted SSH client command to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on the affected device.

Solution(s)

  • update-xros

References

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