Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR Software



Published: 2020-03-05
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-3190
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Cisco IOS XR
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU25786

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3190

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of packets by the IPsec packet processor. A remote attacker can send malicious ICMP error messages to an affected device that get punted to the IPsec packet processor, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco IOS XR: before 7.1.1

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxr-ipsec-dos-q8UPX6m


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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