What is CVE-2018-0094?

CVE-2018-0094 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-0094?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software

CVE-2018-0094

A vulnerability in IPv6 ingress packet processing for Cisco UCS Central Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to high CPU utilization on the targeted device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient rate limiting protection for IPv6 ingress traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending the affected device a high rate of IPv6 packets. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition due to CPU and resource constraints. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuv34544.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cisco Unified_computing_system_central_software — versions 1.4\(1a\)
N/a Cisco Ucs Central Software — versions Cisco UCS Central Software

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0094?: CVE-2018-0094 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System Central Software, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-0094?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.