Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-0462
CVE-2018-0462
Description
A vulnerability in the user management functionality of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-provided input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in with a highly privileged user account and performing a sequence of specific user management operations that interfere with the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to permanently degrade the functionality of the affected system.
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: n/a
Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105291nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-nfvis-dos1nvdVendor Advisory
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