SB2018020810 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR
Published: February 8, 2018 Updated: January 10, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020810
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0132)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the forwarding information base (FIB) code of Cisco IOS XR Software due to incorrect processing of extremely long routing updates. a remote attacker can send a large routing update, trigger inconsistency between the FIB and the RIB, resulting in denia of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.