CVE-2018-0257

Published Apr 19, 2018

Last updated 3 days ago

Overview

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.
Source
ykramarz@cisco.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
6.5
Vector string
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

ykramarz@cisco.com
CWE-399
nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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