Cisco IOS Software RSVP DoS (cisco-sa-20140924-rsvp)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78035

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, the version of Cisco IOS running on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) implementation due to improper handling of RSVP packets. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted RSVP packets to cause the device to reload.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20140924-rsvp.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?39016c7b

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=35621

https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCui11547

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78035

File Name: cisco-sa-20140924-rsvp.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/2/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3354

BID: 70131, 70183

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20140924-rsvp

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCui11547