CVE-2018-0257

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Ios Xe
PublishedApr 19, 2018
First seenApr 19, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-399CWE-399

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco ios_xe3.18 ≤ v ≤ 3.18.4, 16.6 ≤ v ≤ 16.6.3, 16.7 < v ≤ 16.7.2, 15.6\(2\)sp, 16.4, 16.5—

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