SB2017090711 - Denial of service in Cisco ASR 5500 Series Routers



SB2017090711 - Denial of service in Cisco ASR 5500 Series Routers

Published: September 7, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017090711
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12217)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists in the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol ingress packet handler due to improper input validation of GPRS Tunneling Protocol packet headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted GPRS Tunneling Protocol packet and cause the GTPUMGR process to restart.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.