SB2025031336 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Routers



SB2025031336 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Routers

Published: March 13, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025031336
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20146)

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

The vulnerability exists due to the incorrect handling of malformed IPv4 multicast packets that are received on line cards where the interface has either an IPv4 access control list (ACL) or a QoS policy applied. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.