CVE-2023-20236

Summary

CVECVE-2023-20236
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-13 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the iPXE boot function of Cisco IOS XR software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to install an unverified software image on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient image verification. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the boot parameters for image verification during the iPXE boot process on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to boot an unverified software image on the affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-345

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco 8201 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8202 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8208 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8212 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8218 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8804 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8808 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8812 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8818 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8831 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9000v - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9001 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9006 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9010 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9901 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9902 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9903 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9904 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9906 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9910 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9912 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9920 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 9922 - All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xr All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 1001 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 1002 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 1004 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 4009 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 4016 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 4201 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 4202 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 4206 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 4216 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5001 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5002 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5011 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 540 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5500 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5501 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5501 se All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5502 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5502 se All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5504 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5508 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 5516 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 560 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 560-4 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 560-7 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 57b1-5dse-sys - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 57b1-6d24-sys - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 57c1-48q6-sys - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 57c3-mod-sys - All All All
Hardware Cisco Ncs 57c3-mods-sys - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS XR Software iPXE Boot Signature Bypass Vulnerability MISC sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317355 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) XR Software iPXE Boot Signature Bypass Vulnerability (cisco-sa-iosxr-ipxe-sigbypass-pymfyqgB)
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