CVE-2018-0217 Command injection in Cisco StarOS
An authenticated local attacker can inject arbitrary commands into the CLI of Cisco StarOS routers to execute code.
- 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-2018-0217?
CVE-2018-0217 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco StarOS, published on 8 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of commands that are supplied to certain configurations in the CLI of the affected operating system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted arguments into a vulnerable CLI command for an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to insert and execute arbitrary commands in the CLI of the affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to authenticate to an affected system by using valid administrator credentials. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg29441.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0217?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Cisco Asr 5000 Firmware, Cisco Asr 5500 Firmware, Cisco Asr 5700 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0217?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0217 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2018-0217 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0217 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco StarOS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v48w-7v4g-xgfj.