Cisco IOS XE LISP ITR DoS (CSCun73782)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79250

Synopsis

The remote device is running a vulnerable IOS XE version.

Description

The remote Cisco device is potentially affected by an issue related to the handling of certain parameters in Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) control messages sent to the ingress tunnel router (ITR) component. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this issue by sending specially crafted LISP control messages to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCun73782.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b307af3

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=34233

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79250

File Name: cisco-sn-CVE-2014-3262-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/14/2014

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2014-3262

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: 5/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3262

BID: 67399

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCun73782