Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-0314 is a remote code execution risk in Cisco Fabric Services handling within Cisco FXOS and NX-OS. Affected devices include several Cisco firewall, switch, fabric extender, and UCS fabric interconnect families when configured to use Cisco Fabric Services. The issue could let an unauthenticated remote attacker execute code on the device. Exposure is most likely in Cisco FXOS or NX-OS environments using Cisco Fabric Services on the listed Firepower, MDS, Nexus, or UCS platforms. Organizations without these Cisco platforms, or not configured to use CFS, are not shown as affected by the provided sources. Treat this as urgent for environments with affected Cisco infrastructure using CFS. The potential impact is device-level code execution without authentication, which can affect network control points. Business priority depends on whether the organization actually runs the listed platforms with Cisco Fabric Services enabled. Mitigation focus: Inventory Cisco FXOS and NX-OS devices against the affected platform list.; Confirm whether each potentially affected device is configured to use Cisco Fabric Services.; Review Cisco's advisory for fixed software and platform-specific mitigation guidance..
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- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180620-fx-os-fabric-executionCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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