Cisco Security Updates – 25 January 2024

Cisco has released security updates to fix several vulnerabilities across multiple Cisco products. 

The addressed vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to bypass security restrictions, gain elevated privileges, trigger cross-site scripting attacks, or execute arbitrary code and gain access to the affected products.

Sample of the addressed vulnerabilities:

1. Cisco Unified Communications Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20253):

  • CVSS: 9.9
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Gain Access

2. Cisco Small Business Series Switches Stacked Reload ACL Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2024-20263):

  • CVSS: 5.8
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Bypass Security

Sample of the affected products:

  • Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (CM IM&P).
  • Cisco Unity Connection.
  • Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software.
  • Cisco Business 250 Series Smart and 350 Series Managed Switches.
  • Cisco 350X, 550X Series Stackable Managed Switches.
Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2024-20253
  • CVE-2024-20272
  • CVE-2022-20716
  • CVE-2024-20263
  • CVE-2024-20305
  • CVE-2024-20270
  • CVE-2022-20930
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

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