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CVE-2011-2569

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly rest

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly restrict command-line options, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCtf40008, CSCtg18363, CSCtr44645, CSCts10195, and CSCts10188.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00061
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3
cisco nx-osall versions
cisco unified computing systemall versions
cisco unified computing system infrastructure and unified computing system softwareall versions
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6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@cisco.com
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AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD27 Oct 2011 · 09:55 PM
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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24458Vendor Advisory
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