Cisco IOS XR OSPFv3 DoS (CSCuj82176)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76865

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote Cisco device is running a version Cisco IOS XR software that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

A denial of service flaw exists with the Open Shortest Path First version 3 implementation when handling a type 1 link-state advertisement packet. A remote attacker, with a malformed packet, could crash the OSPFv3 process.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Bug ID 'CSCuj82176'.

See Also

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31675

http://www.nessus.org/u?86aef271

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76865

File Name: cisco-sn-CSCuj82176-iosxr.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/28/2014

Updated: 4/8/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-5565

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xr

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5565

BID: 63563

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuj82176