CVE-2020-3569

Confirmed PUBLISHED

Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerabilities

Cisco · Cisco IOS XR Software
Exploited in the wild

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Confidence
Confirmed
Exploitation Status
Exploited in the wild
Observed in Sensors
No
Attempts (30d)
Unique Attacker IPs
CISA KEV
In CISA KEV
CVSS / EPSS
8.6 High

At a Glance

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to either immediately crash the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) process or make it consume available memory and eventually crash. The memory consumption may negatively impact other processes that are running on the device. These vulnerabilities are due to the incorrect handling of IGMP packets. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted IGMP traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to immediately crash the IGMP process or cause memory exhaustion, resulting in other processes becoming unstable. These processes may include, but are not limited to, interior and exterior routing protocols. Cisco will release software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

cisa edge ios
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2020
Exploitation Reported
Nov 03, 2021
CVSS
8.6 High
EPSS
Remote Low complexity No user interaction Unauthenticated

Affected Versions

Vendor Product Version Status
Cisco
Cisco IOS XR Software

n/a

Affected

CVE References

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