#VU11353 Data handling in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2018-0177
Published: March 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11353
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-0177
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IOS XE
Cisco IOS XE
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause high CPU utilization, traceback messages, or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the IP Version 4 (IPv4) processing code due to incorrect processing of certain IPv4 packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted IPv4 packets to an IPv4 address, trigger high CPU utilization, traceback messages, or cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the IP Version 4 (IPv4) processing code due to incorrect processing of certain IPv4 packets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted IPv4 packets to an IPv4 address, trigger high CPU utilization, traceback messages, or cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to versions 16.5.2, 16.5.1a, 16.3.4, 16.6(0.163), 16.5(1.25) or 16.3(3.26).