SB2017120113 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR
Published: December 1, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017120113
Severity
Low
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 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12355)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the Local Packet Transport Services (LPTS) ingress frame-processing functionality of Cisco IOS XR Software due to incomplete LPTS frame validation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted XML requests to the management interface cause one of the LPTS processes to restart unexpectedly.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.