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Cisco IOS Secure Copy Security Bypass Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA26361  
Release Date: 2007-08-09

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Partial Fix

OS:Cisco IOS 12.x
Cisco IOS R12.x


CVE reference:CVE-2007-4263 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Secure Copy (SCP) implementation and can be exploited to copy files (e.g. configuration files containing passwords) from and to an IOS device without privilege levels being checked.

Successful exploitation requires that the device is configured as a Secure Copy server (disabled by default).

The vulnerability reportedly only affects certain 12.2-based IOS releases.

Solution:
Apply updated versions (see the vendor's advisory for details).

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Vijay Sarvepalli, University of North Carolina

Changelog:
2007-08-09: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070808-scp.shtml

Extended Solution:
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