CVE-2014-2146 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass Zone-Based Firewall restrictions by spoofing traffic to match existing sessions, requiring network administrators to apply vendor patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-2146?
CVE-2014-2146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 22 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Zone-Based Firewall (ZBFW) functionality in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.4 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.13 and earlier, mishandles zone checking for existing sessions, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended resource-access restrictions via spoofed traffic that matches one of these sessions, aka Bug IDs CSCun94946 and CSCun96847.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2146?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2146?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-2146 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2146 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2017-3881 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvf4-6mxr-vc38.