CVE-2018-0155

HighActively exploited (CISA KEV)

Description

A vulnerability in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) offload implementation of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when the BFD header in a BFD packet is incomplete. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BFD message to or across an affected switch. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the system. This vulnerability affects Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E (K5), Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 6L-E (K10), Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 7-E (K10), Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 7L-E (K10), Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8-E (K10), Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 8L-E (K10), Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 9-E (K10), Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches (K10), Catalyst 4900M Switch (K5), Catalyst 4948E Ethernet Switch (K5). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc40729.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.6
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
PublishedMar 28, 2018
First seenMar 28, 2018
Added to KEVMar 3, 2022
Weakness typeCWE-388CWE-388

How to fix

CISA required action

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CISA due date: Mar 17, 2022

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco ios3.6\(2\)e—
cisco ios_xe3.6\(2\)e—

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