Denial of service in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU7175

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3865

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the IPsec component of Cisco StarOS for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers due to improper processing of Internet Key Exchange (IKE) messages. A remote attacker can send specially crafted IKE messages, cause the ipsecmgr service to reload, terminate all active IPsec VPN tunnels, prevent new tunnels from establishing and cause the system to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco ASR 5000 Series: 21.1.0 - 21.1.v0

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170621-asr

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.