Cisco IOS XE PPPoE Packet DoS (CSCuo55180)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76790

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Synopsis

The remote device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the remote IOS device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

The issue is due to improper processing of malformed PPPoE packets. A remote attacker, with a specially crafted PPPoE packet, could cause the device to reboot.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCuo55180.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76790

File Name: cisco-sn-CSCuo55180-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/25/2014

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3284

BID: 67603

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuo55180

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