CVE-2013-6979
N/A
Published: December 23, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xe
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Source: [email protected]
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6979VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64502VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029537VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89901Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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