CVE-2021-1375 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Severity

67%

Complexity

8%

Confidentiality

98%

Multiple vulnerabilities in the fast reload feature of Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco Catalyst 3850, Cisco Catalyst 9300, and Cisco Catalyst 9300L Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker to either execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system, install and boot a malicious software image, or execute unsigned binaries on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to improper checks performed by system boot routines. To exploit these vulnerabilities, the attacker would need privileged access to the CLI of the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to either execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system or execute unsigned code and bypass the image verification check part of the secure boot process. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Demo Examples

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CWE-347

In the following code, a JarFile object is created from a downloaded file.


               
JarFile jf = new JarFile(f);

The JAR file that was potentially downloaded from an untrusted source is created without verifying the signature (if present). An alternate constructor that accepts a boolean verify parameter should be used instead.

Overview

Type

Cisco IOS

First reported 3 years ago

2021-03-24 21:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-03-30 14:17:00

Affected Software

Cisco IOS XE 16.5.1

16.5.1

Cisco IOS XE 16.6.4

16.6.4

Cisco IOS XE 16.6.4A

16.6.4a

Cisco IOS XE 16.6.4S

16.6.4s

Cisco IOS XE 16.6.6

16.6.6

Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1A

16.8.1a

Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1S

16.8.1s

Cisco IOS XE16.9.1

16.9.1

Cisco IOS XE 16.9.1S

16.9.1s

Cisco IOS XE 16.9.2

16.9.2

Cisco IOS XE 16.9.2S

16.9.2s

Cisco IOS XE 16.9.3

16.9.3

Cisco IOS XE 16.9.3A

16.9.3a

Cisco IOS XE 16.9.3S

16.9.3s

Cisco IOS XE 16.10.1

16.10.1

Cisco IOS XE 16.10.1E

16.10.1e

Cisco IOS XE 16.10.1S

16.10.1s

Cisco IOS XE 16.11.1

16.11.1

Cisco IOS XE 16.12.1

16.12.1

Cisco IOS XE 16.12.2

16.12.2

Cisco IOS XE 17.1.1

17.1.1

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