Vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe Software
CVE-2022-20694
A vulnerability in the implementation of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process to crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of a specific RPKI to Router (RTR) Protocol packet header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compromising the RPKI validator server and sending a specifically crafted RTR packet to an affected device. Alternatively, the attacker could use man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate the RPKI validator server and send a crafted RTR response packet over the established RTR TCP connection to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition because the BGP process could constantly restart and BGP routing could become unstable.
EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Ios Xe Software — versions n/a
- Cisco Ios_xe — versions 3.7.0bs, 3.7.0s, 3.7.0xas
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-20694?
- CVE-2022-20694 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe Software, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2022-04-15.
- How severe is CVE-2022-20694?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.