Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106339
Category:	CISCO
Title:	Cisco NX-OS Software-Based Products Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Bypass Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20161005-nxaaa)
Summary:	A vulnerability in the SSH subsystem of the Cisco Nexus family; of products could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication,; authorization, and accounting (AAA) restrictions.
Description:	Summary: A vulnerability in the SSH subsystem of the Cisco Nexus family of products could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) restrictions. Vulnerability Insight: The vulnerability is due to the improper processing of certain parameters that are passed to an affected device during the negotiation of an SSH connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and passing a malicious value as part of the login procedure. Vulnerability Impact: A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass AAA restrictions and execute commands on the device command-line interface (CLI) that should be restricted to a different privileged user role. Solution: See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution. CVSS Score: 9.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0721 BugTraq ID: 93410 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93410 Cisco Security Advisory: 20161005 Cisco NX-OS Software-Based Products Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Bypass Vulnerability http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-nxaaa http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036947
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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