Denial of service in Cisco Network Convergence System 4000 Series



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-20845
CWE-ID CWE-789
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Cisco Network Convergence System 4000
Hardware solutions / Other hardware appliances

Cisco IOS XR
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Uncontrolled Memory Allocation

EUVDB-ID: #VU67388

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20845

CWE-ID: CWE-789 - Uncontrolled Memory Allocation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to TL1 function does not free memory under some conditions. A local administrator can cause the TL1 process to consume large amounts of memory and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Network Convergence System 4000: All versions

Cisco IOS XR: before 6.5.32

CPE2.3 External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ncs4k-tl1-GNnLwC6


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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