Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1453 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Buffer overflow in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) GRE feature in Cisco NX-OS 5.0 through 7.3 on Nexus 7000 and 7700 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long parameters in a packet header, aka Bug ID CSCuy95701.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
| NASL family | CISCO |
| NASL id | CISCO-SA-20161005-OTV-NXOS.NASL |
| description | According to its version and configuration, the Cisco NX-OS software running on the remote device is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability in the Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) generic routing encapsulation (GRE) feature due to improper validation of the size of OTV packet header parameters. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via long parameters in a packet header, to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 94109 |
| published | 2016-10-18 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94109 |
| title | Cisco NX-OS OTV GRE Packet Header Parameter Handling RCE (cisco-sa-20161005-otv) |
| code | |
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93409
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036946