vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2018-0257: Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers High CPU Usage Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 19, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2019
Modified
Nov 2, 2023

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of certain DHCP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain DHCP packets to a specific segment of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU usage on the affected device and cause a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg73687.

Solution

cisco-xe-upgrade-latest
Title
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