CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-6979
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-12-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The VTY authentication implementation in Cisco IOS XE 03.02.xxSE and 03.03.xxSE incorrectly relies on the Linux-IOS internal-network configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging access to a 192.168.x.2 source IP address, aka Bug ID CSCuj90227.
Affected configurations
• cisco ios xe
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/101351 osvdb.org
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6979 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64502 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029537 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89901 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://osvdb.org/101351 osvdb.org
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6979 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64502 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029537 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89901 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com