Resource exhaustion in Cisco Asr 900 Series Software
CVE-2018-15464
A vulnerability in Cisco 900 Series Aggregation Services Router (ASR) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of certain broadcast packets ingress to the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large streams of broadcast packets to an affected device. If successful, an exploit could allow an attacker to impact services running on the device, resulting in a partial DoS condition.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.023 (81.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Cisco Asr_900_series_software — versions 16.6.2
- Cisco Asr 900 Series Aggregation Services Routers — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15464?
- CVE-2018-15464 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 900 Series Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2019-01-11.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15464?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.