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Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance Authenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — CISCO-SA-TEVACERT-RCE-RMJVEYM5

Cisco · Cisco · CISCO-SA-TEVACERT-RCE-RMJVEYM5

ID
CISCO-SA-TEVACERT-RCE-RMJVEYM5
Date
Activity
Source
Cisco
Vendor
Cisco
Threat
medium

Summary

A vulnerability in the SSL certificate handling of Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as the  root user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted certificate to an affected device. A…

Product

Cisco ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance Authenticated Remote Code Execution

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

  • Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
  • Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
  • Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
  • Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

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