SB2018042306 - Denial of service in Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers



SB2018042306 - Denial of service in Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers

Published: April 23, 2018 Updated: April 23, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018042306
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0257)

A vulnerability allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the incorrect handling of certain DHCP packets. An adjacent attacker can send certain DHCP packets to a specific segment, increase CPU usage and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.