Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Cisco IOS Secure Copy Security Bypass Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26361
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26361/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
Local system
REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2007-08-09
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Cisco IOS 12.x
http://secunia.com/product/182/
Cisco IOS R12.x
http://secunia.com/product/50/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Secure Copy (SCP)
implementation and can be exploited to copy files (e.g. configuration
files containing passwords) from and to an IOS device without
privilege levels being checked.
Successful exploitation requires that the device is configured as a
Secure Copy server (disabled by default).
The vulnerability reportedly only affects certain 12.2-based IOS
releases.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated versions (see the vendor's advisory for details).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Vijay Sarvepalli, University of North Carolina
CHANGELOG:
2007-08-09: Added CVE reference.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070808-scp.shtml
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