CVE-2010-4685 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can bypass certificate bans in Cisco IOS by exploiting a stale public key cache, allowing access with previously valid but now banned certificates.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2010-4685?

CVE-2010-4685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 7 Jan 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA1 does not clear the public key cache upon a change to a certificate map, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass a certificate ban by connecting with a banned certificate that had previously been valid, aka Bug ID CSCta79031.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4685?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4685?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-4685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jr27-6h3m-pqqq.

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