CVE-2017-3819

Summary

CVECVE-2017-3819
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionA privilege escalation vulnerability in the Secure Shell (SSH) subsystem in the StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series, ASR 5500 Series, ASR 5700 Series devices, and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unrestricted, root shell access. The vulnerability is due to missing input validation of parameters passed during SSH or SFTP login. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted user input to the SSH or SFTP command-line interface (CLI) during SSH or SFTP login. An exploit could allow an authenticated attacker to gain root privileges access on the router. Note: Only traffic directed to the affected system can be used to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be triggered via both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. An established TCP connection toward port 22, the SSH default port, is needed to perform the attack. The attacker must have valid credentials to login to the system via SSH or SFTP. The following products have been confirmed to be vulnerable: Cisco ASR 5000/5500/5700 Series devices running StarOS after 17.7.0 and prior to 18.7.4, 19.5, and 20.2.3 with SSH configured are vulnerable. Cisco Virtualized Packet Core - Single Instance (VPC-SI) and Distributed Instance (VPC-DI) devices running StarOS prior to N4.2.7 (19.3.v7) and N4.7 (20.2.v0) with SSH configured are vulnerable. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCva65853.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-306

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0.57828 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0.59167 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0.59211 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.l0.59219 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1.0.59776 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1.0.59780 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1_base All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.3.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.3_base All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.4.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.m0.60737 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.m0.60828 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.m0.61045 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.1.0.61559 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.3.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 20.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0.57828 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0.59167 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.0.59211 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.0.l0.59219 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1.0.59776 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1.0.59780 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.1_base All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.3.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.3_base All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 18.4.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.1 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.m0.60737 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.m0.60828 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.0.m0.61045 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.1.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.1.0.61559 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.2.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 19.3.0 All All All
Application Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software 20.0.0 All All All
Application Cisco Virtualized Packet Core v18.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Virtualized Packet Core v19.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Virtualized Packet Core v20.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Virtualized Packet Core v18.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Virtualized Packet Core v19.0_base All All All
Application Cisco Virtualized Packet Core v20.0_base All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco StarOS CVE-2017-3819 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco StarOS SSH Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco ASR Router SSH Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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