CVE-2022-20692

Published Apr 15, 2022

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient resource management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by initiating a large number of NETCONF over SSH connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing the device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition on an affected device.
Source
ykramarz@cisco.com
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-400
ykramarz@cisco.com
CWE-400

Configurations