Vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000
CVE-2017-6729
A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) processing functionality of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the BGP process on an affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects the following products if they are running the Cisco StarOS operating system and BGP is enabled for the system: Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core Software. More Information: CSCvc44968. Known Affected Releases: 16.4.1 19.1.0 21.1.0 21.1.M0.65824. Known Fixed Releases: 21.3.A0.65902 21.2.A0.65905 21.1.b0.66164 21.1.V0.66014 21.1.R0.65898 21.1.M0.65894 21.1.0.66030 21.1.0.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (83.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- Cisco Asr 5000
- Cisco Asr 5000 Software — versions 16.4.1, 16.5.0, 16.5.2
- Cisco Staros — versions Cisco StarOS
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100015 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038819 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6729?
- CVE-2017-6729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6729?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.