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Cisco IOS XR Software SCP and SFTP Modules Denial of Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and Secure FTP (SFTP) modules of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite system files and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to improper setting of permissions on the filesystem for certain paths that include system files.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Check the IOS XR Version
Solution
Solution
See the referenced advisory for a solution.