CVE-2019-1757

CVE-2019-1757: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Smart Call Home Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software
Weakness CWE-295
Published March 28, 2019
Last update November 15, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Smart Call Home feature of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized read access to sensitive data using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2019 CVE published
November 15, 2024 Record updated