CVE-2017-3860 Memory corruption in Cisco IOS and IOS XE

High 8.6 Published Updated

Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service via buffer overflow in the EnergyWise module of Cisco IOS devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-3860?

CVE-2017-3860 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 20 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the EnergyWise module of Cisco IOS (12.2 and 15.0 through 15.6) and Cisco IOS XE (3.2 through 3.18) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition or a reload of an affected device, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition. These vulnerabilities are due to improper parsing of crafted EnergyWise packets destined to an affected device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted EnergyWise packets to be processed by an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition or a reload of the affected device, leading to a DoS condition. Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software support EnergyWise for IPv4 communication. Only IPv4 packets destined to a device configured as an EnergyWise domain member can trigger these vulnerabilities. IPv6 packets cannot be used to trigger these vulnerabilities. Cisco Bug ID CSCur29331.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3860?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3860?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-3860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f7gj-54hp-mr7v.

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