Check Point Advisories

Cisco NX-OS Interface Commands Privilege Escalation (CVE-2011-2569)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-011
Date Published:	17 Jan 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 25 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2011-2569
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco Systems Cisco Unified Computing System 1.x Cisco Systems Nexus 4000 Cisco Systems Nexus 5000 prior to 4.0(1a)N2(1) Cisco Systems Nexus 7000 prior to 4.1(4) Cisco Systems NX-OS 4.x Cisco Systems NX-OS 5.x
Vulnerability Description	A command execution vulnerability has been reported in Cisco NX-OS.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied values to command line interface commands. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by issuing malicious commands on a vulnerable system. Successful exploitation may enable attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the system with elevated privileges.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco NX-OS Interface Commands Privilege Escalation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation
Attack Information: Cisco NX-OS interface commands privilege escalation