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Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Multicast DNS DoS (cisco-sa-mdns-dos-3tH6cA9J)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141461

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers due to improper validation of mDNS packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted mDNS packet to an affected device, to cause the device to reload.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvr57654

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0c17f0e7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141461

File Name: cisco-sa-mdns-dos-3tH6cA9J-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/15/2020

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3359

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version, Host/Cisco/device_model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3359

CWE: 20

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-mdns-dos-3tH6cA9J

IAVA: 2020-A-0439-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvr57654