VULNERABILITY

Cisco XE: CVE-2022-20837: Cisco IOS XE Software DNS NAT Protocol Application Layer Gateway Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2022-20837: Cisco IOS XE Software DNS NAT Protocol Application Layer Gateway Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/28/2022
Created
09/30/2022
Added
09/29/2022
Modified
01/22/2025

Description

A vulnerability in the DNS application layer gateway (ALG) functionality that is used by Network Address Translation (NAT) in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. This vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when an affected device inspects certain TCP DNS packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS packets through the affected device that is performing NAT for DNS packets. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited only by sending IPv4 TCP packets through an affected device. This vulnerability cannot be exploited by sending IPv6 traffic.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-update-latest

References

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