Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE and Cisco IOS - CVE-2017-3850

 

Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE and Cisco IOS - CVE-2017-3850

Published: March 22, 2017 / Updated: March 23, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6159
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3850
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco IOS XE
Cisco IOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions.

The vulnerability exists in Autonomic Networking Infrastructure (ANI) registrar feature due to incomplete input validation . An attacker can send a specially crafted IPv6 packet and cause the affected device to reload.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable device.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3850

Install update from vendor's website.

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