CVE-2017-6665 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CWE-319

The following code attempts to establish a connection to a site to communicate sensitive information.


               
}
hu.disconnect();
//...

Though a connection is successfully made, the connection is unencrypted and it is possible that all sensitive data sent to or received from the server will be read by unintended actors.

Overview

Type

Cisco IOS

First reported 7 years ago

2017-08-07 06:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Cisco IOS 15.2(3)E

15.2\(3\)e

Cisco IOS 15.2(3)E1

15.2\(3\)e1

Cisco IOS 15.2(3)E3

15.2\(3\)e3

Cisco IOS 15.2(3)E5

15.2\(3\)e5

Cisco IOS 15.2(3a)E

15.2\(3a\)e

Cisco IOS 15.2(3M)E8

15.2\(3m\)e8

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)E

15.2\(4\)e

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)E1

15.2\(4\)e1

Cisco IOS 15.2(4)E3

15.2\(4\)e3

Cisco IOS 15.2(5)E1

15.2\(5\)e1

Cisco IOS 15.2(5a)E

15.2\(5a\)e

Cisco IOS 15.2(5b)E

15.2\(5b\)e

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)s

15.3\(3\)s

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S1

15.3\(3\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S1A

15.3\(3\)s1a

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S2

15.3\(3\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S3

15.3\(3\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S4

15.3\(3\)s4

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S5

15.3\(3\)s5

Cisco IOS 15.3(3)S6

15.3\(3\)s6

Cisco IOS 15.4(1)S

15.4\(1\)s

Cisco IOS 15.4(1)S1

15.4\(1\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.4(1)S2

15.4\(1\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.4(1)S3

15.4\(1\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.4(2)S

15.4\(2\)s

Cisco IOS 15.4(2)S1

15.4\(2\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.4(2)S2

15.4\(2\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.4(2)S3

15.4\(2\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.4(2)S4

15.4\(2\)s4

Cisco IOS 15.4(3)S

15.4\(3\)s

Cisco IOS 15.4(3)S1

15.4\(3\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.4(3)S2

15.4\(3\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.4(3)S3

15.4\(3\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.4(3)S4

15.4\(3\)s4

Cisco IOS 15.4(3)S7

15.4\(3\)s7

Cisco IOS 15.5(1)S

15.5\(1\)s

Cisco IOS 15.5(1)S1

15.5\(1\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.5(1)S2

15.5\(1\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.5(1)S3

15.5\(1\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.5(1)S4

15.5\(1\)s4

Cisco IOS 15.5(2)s

15.5\(2\)s

Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S1

15.5\(2\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S2

15.5\(2\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S3

15.5\(2\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.5(2)S4

15.5\(2\)s4

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S

15.5\(3\)s

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S0A

15.5\(3\)s0a

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)s1

15.5\(3\)s1

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S1A

15.5\(3\)s1a

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S2

15.5\(3\)s2

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)S3

15.5\(3\)s3

Cisco IOS 15.5(3)SN

15.5\(3\)sn

Cisco IOS 15.6(1)t0a

15.6\(1\)t0a

Cisco IOS 15.6(2)SN

15.6\(2\)sn

Cisco IOS 15.6(2)SP

15.6\(2\)sp

Cisco IOS 15.6(2)SP1

15.6\(2\)sp1

Cisco IOS 15.6(3)M

15.6\(3\)m

Cisco IOS 15.6(3)M1b

15.6\(3\)m1b

Cisco IOS 15.6(3)M2

15.6\(3\)m2

Cisco IOS 15.6(3)M2A

15.6\(3\)m2a

Cisco IOS 15.6(3)M3

15.6\(3\)m3

Cisco IOS XE

Cisco IOS XE 3.8.2E

3.8.2e

Cisco IOS XE 3.12.0AS

3.12.0as

Cisco IOS XE 3.14.0S

3.14.0s

Cisco IOS XE 3.14.1S

3.14.1s

Cisco IOS XE 3.14.2S

3.14.2s

Cisco IOS XE 3.14.3S

3.14.3s

Cisco IOS XE 3.14.4S

3.14.4s

Cisco IOS XE 3.15.4S

3.15.4s

Cisco IOS XE 3.16.1AS

3.16.1as

Cisco IOS XE 3.17.1AS

3.17.1as

Cisco IOS XE 3.18.0AS

3.18.0as

Cisco IOS XE 3.18.0S

3.18.0s

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