SB2017032303 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE
Published: March 23, 2017 Updated: March 23, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032303
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3856)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
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 cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient resource handling. A remote can send a high number of requests to the web user interface and cause the affected device to reload.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.