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Cisco XE: CVE-2019-12657: Cisco IOS XE Software Unified Threat Defense Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2019-12657: Cisco IOS XE Software Unified Threat Defense Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/25/2019
Created
02/08/2020
Added
02/07/2020
Modified
03/03/2023

Description

A vulnerability in Unified Threat Defense (UTD) in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of IPv6 packets through the UTD feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending IPv6 traffic through an affected device that is configured with UTD. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-upgrade-latest

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