SB2024092643 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software



SB2024092643 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software

Published: September 26, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024092643
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

High 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20433)

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) feature. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.