Number: AV20-307
Date: 20 August 2020
On 19 August 2020 Cisco published Security Advisories to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Included was a critical severity patch for the following:
- Cisco vWAAS for Cisco ENCS 5400-W Series and CSP 5000-W Series with NFVIS-bundled image releases 6.4.5, or 6.4.3d and prior
The affected software has user accounts with default, static passwords. By exploiting this vulnerability, a remote actor could gain access to the Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) command line interface (CLI), with administrator privileges.
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web link and apply the necessary updates:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/publicationListing.x
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