SB2011102204 - Denial of service in lldp implementation in Cisco IOS



SB2011102204 - Denial of service in lldp implementation in Cisco IOS

Published: October 22, 2011 Updated: January 21, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2011102204
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1640)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly support a large number of LLDP Management Address (MA) TLVs in ethernet-lldp component in Cisco IOS. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion via specially crafted LLDPDUs and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.