CVE-2019-1731

Cisco NX-OS Software SSH Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
5.1 Medium
Published
May 15, 2019
Updated
Nov 21, 2024
Reserved
Dec 6, 2018

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Description

A vulnerability in the SSH CLI key management functionality of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to expose a user's private SSH key to all authenticated users on the targeted device. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator device credentials. The vulnerability is due to incomplete error handling if a specific error type occurs during the SSH key export. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and entering a crafted command at the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to expose a user's private SSH key. In addition, a similar type of error in the SSH key import could cause the passphrase-protected private SSH key to be imported unintentionally.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.05.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Ncisco

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco NX-OS SoftwareCisco
  • before 8.3(1)Affected

References

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