# CVE-2015-6280: The SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.6E before 3.6.3E, 3.7E before 3.7.1E, 3.10S before 3.10.6S, 3.1

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-09-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The SSHv2 functionality in Cisco IOS 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, and 15.5 and IOS XE 3.6E before 3.6.3E, 3.7E before 3.7.1E, 3.10S before 3.10.6S, 3.11S before 3.11.4S, 3.12S before 3.12.3S, 3.13S before 3.13.3S, and 3.14S before 3.14.1S does not properly implement RSA authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain login access by leveraging knowledge of a username and the associated public key, aka Bug ID CSCus73013.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033646
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk/cvrf/cisco-sa-20150923-sshpk_cvrf.xml

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