Cisco IOS XE mDNS Manipulation (CSCun64867)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76972

Synopsis

The remote device is affected by a manipulation vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the remote IOS XE device is affected by a manipulation vulnerability.

A flaw exists due to unconstrained autonomic networking with mDNS (multicast Domain Name System). This could allow a remote attacker to read or overwrite autonomic networking services.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCun64867.

See Also

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=34613

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a0809e7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76972

File Name: cisco-sn-CSCun64867-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/1/2014

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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: 6/13/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3290

BID: 68021

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCun64867