Cisco Small Business Series Switches Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-20159

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Small Business Smart And Managed Switches
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 May 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

Certain Cisco Small Business Series Switches have vulnerabilities in their web-based user interface that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to initiate a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This situation arises from inadequate validation of incoming requests, allowing malicious entities to manipulate the device's behavior. Organizations using these switches should apply recommended security measures to mitigate potential impacts.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Small Business Smart and Managed Switches

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/C...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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