A vulnerability in the vContainer of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an authenticated, remote malicious user to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition and execute arbitrary code as the root user. The vulnerability is due to improper bounds checking by the vContainer. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious file to an affected vContainer instance. A successful exploit could allow the malicious user to cause a buffer overflow condition on the affected vContainer, which could result in a DoS condition that the attacker could use to execute arbitrary code as the root user.
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Webex, security, IoT systems also need patches
Cisco's irregular patch cycle has come round again and this time the focus is on the company's SD-WAN product. As well as high-rated bugs in Webex, small business routers and various security products, Switchzilla has disclosed one critical bug in its SD-WAN, and another four vulnerabilities rated high. That critical rating was assigned to CVE-2019-1651, a bug in the SD-WAN's virtual container, vContainer, the VM which hosts the SD-WAN controllers. If an attacker sends a malicious file to the vC...
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