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Cisco XE: CVE-2022-20692: Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Cisco XE: CVE-2022-20692: Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/13/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/19/2022
Modified
07/16/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient resource management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by initiating a large number of NETCONF over SSH connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing the device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition on an affected device.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-xe-update-latest

References

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