CVE-2017-12289 Information disclosure in Cisco IOS XE

Medium 4.4 Published 19 Oct 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An authenticated local attacker can enable verbose IPsec debug logging to expose sensitive configuration data in system logs.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-12289?

CVE-2017-12289 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 19 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in conditional, verbose debug logging for the IPsec feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to display sensitive IPsec information in the system log file. The vulnerability is due to incorrect implementation of IPsec conditional, verbose debug logging that causes sensitive information to be written to the log file. This information should be restricted. An attacker who has valid administrative credentials could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and enabling conditional, verbose debug logging for IPsec and viewing the log file. An exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information related to the IPsec configuration. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf12081.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12289?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-12289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-j654-8cc6-25gc.