CVE-2017-6665 Information disclosure in Cisco IOS and IOS XE
An adjacent attacker can reset the Autonomic Control Plane and view clear-text packets in Cisco IOS, requiring the Autonomic Networking feature to be enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6665?
CVE-2017-6665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 7 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Autonomic Networking feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to reset the Autonomic Control Plane (ACP) of an affected system and view ACP packets that are transferred in clear text within an affected system, an Information Disclosure Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvd51214. Known Affected Releases: Denali-16.2.1 Denali-16.3.1.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6665?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6665 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-6665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
- CVE-2017-12240 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution
- 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-qg9f-x569-p4r7.