Denial of service in Cisco ASR 900 Series
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | NO |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-15464 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Cisco ASR 900 Series Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc |
| Vendor | Cisco Systems, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation
EUVDB-ID: #VU16929
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:U]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15464
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient handling of certain broadcast packets ingress to the device. A remote attacker can send large streams of broadcast packets to an affected device and impact services running on the device, resulting in a partial DoS condition.
MitigationCybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address the vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsCisco ASR 900 Series: 16.6.2
External linkshttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-asr900-dos
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
