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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE (Router Operating System) (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SNMPv1/SNMPv2c/SNMPv3. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 06/29/2017. The weakness was disclosed 06/29/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170629-snmp as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-6743 since 03/09/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/30/2020). The advisory points out:
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software contains multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to remotely execute code on an affected system or cause an affected system to reload.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101268 (Cisco IOS SNMP Packet Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Multiple RCE (cisco-sa-20170629-snmp)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316125 (Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20170629-snmp)). The advisory illustrates:
An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a crafted SNMP packet to an affected system via IPv4 or IPv6. Only traffic directed to an affected system can be used to exploit these vulnerabilities.
It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting . A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:
Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have SNMP access on an affected system.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (101268). The entries 102955, 102956, 102957 and 102958 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 101268
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS SNMP Packet Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Multiple RCE (cisco-sa-20170629-snmp)
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20170629-snmp
Researcher: Cisco.
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-6743 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1038808
SecurityFocus: 99345 - Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 06/30/2017 12:57Updated: 12/30/2020 11:50
Changes: 06/30/2017 12:57 (94), 10/21/2019 16:04 (6), 12/30/2020 11:47 (2), 12/30/2020 11:50 (1)
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