What is CVE-2017-12213?

CVE-2017-12213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst_4000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12213?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cisco Catalyst_4000

CVE-2017-12213

A vulnerability in the dynamic access control list (ACL) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause dynamic ACL assignment to fail and the port…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.008 (52.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Catalyst_4000
Cisco Ios_xe
N/a Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches — versions Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series Switches

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12213?: CVE-2017-12213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst_4000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.