CVE-2013-6979

CVSS V2 Medium 5.4 CVSS V3 None
Description
The VTY authentication implementation in Cisco IOS XE 03.02.xxSE and 03.03.xxSE incorrectly relies on the Linux-IOS internal-network configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging access to a 192.168.x.2 source IP address, aka Bug ID CSCuj90227.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-6979
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-12-23T22:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-29T01:34:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6979 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029537 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://osvdb.org/101351
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64502 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89901
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6979
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6979
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:44:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:20:10 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-01 21:20:10 2013-12-23T22:55Z 2013-12-23T22:55:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 21:20:10 2017-08-29T01:34:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 21:20:10 Modified Vulnerability Status updated