CVE-2018-0471

Cisco IOS XE Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Memory Leak Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) module of Cisco IOS XE Software Releases 16.6.1 and 16.6.2 could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a memory leak that may lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain CDP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain CDP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to continuously consume memory and eventually result in a memory allocation failure that leads to a crash, triggering a reload of the affected device.

Una vulnerabilidad en el módulo Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) de Cisco IOS XE en versiones de software 16.6.1 y 16.6.2 podría permitir que un atacante adyacente sin autenticar provoque una fuga de memoria que podría conducir a una denegación de servicio (DoS). Esta vulnerabilidad se debe a un procesamiento incorrecto de ciertos paquetes CDP. Un atacante podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad enviando ciertos paquetes CDP a un dispositivo afectado. Su explotación con éxito podría provocar que un dispositivo afectado consuma continuamente memoria y, finalmente, resulte en un error de asignación de memoria que conduce a un cierre inesperado, desencadenando la recarga del dispositivo afectado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-11-27 CVE Reserved
2018-10-05 CVE Published
2024-05-15 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105398	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041737	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180926-cdp-memleak	2020-12-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Ios Xe Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Ios Xe"				16.6.1 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Ios Xe" and version "16.6.1"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Ios Xe Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Ios Xe"				16.6.2 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Ios Xe" and version "16.6.2"		-		Affected