vulnerability

Cisco IOS: CVE-2018-15377: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Plug and Play Agent Memory Leak Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 27, 2018
Added
Sep 27, 2018
Modified
Mar 3, 2023

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent, also referred to as the Cisco Open Plug-n-Play agent, of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending invalid data to the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a memory leak on the affected device, which could cause the device to reload.

Solution

cisco-ios-upgrade-latest
Title
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