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Cisco IOS: CVE-2019-12669: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Change of Authorization Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco IOS: CVE-2019-12669: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Change of Authorization Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/25/2019
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/19/2022
Modified
03/14/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the RADIUS Change of Authorization (CoA) code of Cisco TrustSec, a feature within Cisco IOS XE Software, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of a malformed packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-ios-upgrade-latest

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