CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1335

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The SSH implementation in Cisco StarOS before version 19.3.M0.62771 and 20.x before version 20.0.M0.62768 on ASR 5000 devices mishandles a multi-user public-key authentication configuration, allowing remote authenticated users to gain privileges by establishing a connection from an endpoint previously used for an administrator's connection.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to systems, potentially leading to privilege escalation and security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version of Cisco StarOS to mitigate this vulnerability and review the public key authentication configuration.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The SSH implementation in Cisco StarOS before 19.3.M0.62771 and 20.x before 20.0.M0.62768 on ASR 5000 devices mishandles a multi-user public-key authentication configuration, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by establishing a connection from an endpoint that was previously used for an administrator's connection, aka Bug ID CSCux22492.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS