CVE-2014-7992 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive credential information from process memory via TCP port 2067 due to uninitialized packet buffers in Cisco IOS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-7992?
CVE-2014-7992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 18 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The DLSw implementation in Cisco IOS does not initialize packet buffers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive credential information from process memory via a session on TCP port 2067, aka Bug ID CSCur14014.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7992?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2014-7992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-7992 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-7992 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
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- 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-p6vm-9vwg-8vxw.