CVE-2015-6280

Summary

CVECVE-2015-6280
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-28 02:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.6E before 3.6.3E, 3.7E before 3.7.1E, 3.10S before 3.10.6S, 3.11S before 3.11.4S, 3.12S before 3.12.3S, 3.13S before 3.13.3S, and 3.14S before 3.14.1S does not properly implement RSA authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain login access by leveraging knowledge of a username and the associated public key, aka Bug ID CSCus73013.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)sy All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(1\)sy0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2a\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2a\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)e1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)e2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(2\)ea1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3a\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3\)e All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.2\(3\)ea All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)m5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.3\(3\)s5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)cg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)cg1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)s3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)t1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)t2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(1\)t3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)cg All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)t1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(2\)t2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)m All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)m1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)m2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)s1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.4\(3\)s2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.5\(1\)s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios 15.5\(1\)t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.01 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.10s.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.11s.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.12s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13s.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.13s.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.14s.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.0a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.0b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.6e.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.7e.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SSH Version 2 RSA-Based User Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco IOS and IOS-XE SSHv2 RSA-Based User Authentication By-Pass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco IOS/IOS XE SSHv2 Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Authentication on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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