CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-6280

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS versions 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5 and IOS XE before version 3.6.3E and others listed improperly implements RSA authentication. This allows remote attackers to gain login access by leveraging knowledge of a username and the associated public key.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to systems, potentially leading to data theft or device takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to the latest version to fix the RSA authentication vulnerability and minimize the risk of unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.6E before 3.6.3E, 3.7E before 3.7.1E, 3.10S before 3.10.6S, 3.11S before 3.11.4S, 3.12S before 3.12.3S, 3.13S before 3.13.3S, and 3.14S before 3.14.1S does not properly implement RSA authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain login access by leveraging knowledge of a username and the associated public key, aka Bug ID CSCus73013.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS