CVE-2017-12228
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug and Play application of Cisco IOS 12.4 through 15.6 and Cisco IOS XE 3.3 through 16.4 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc33171.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101065
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039450
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170927-pnp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101065
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039450
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170927-pnp
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-295
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.