CVE-2018-0286 Denial of service in Cisco IOS XR
Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending malformed requests to the netconf interface in Cisco IOS XR.
- 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-2018-0286?
CVE-2018-0286 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 2 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the netconf interface of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed requests processed by the netconf process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the affected software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the targeted process to restart, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg95792.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0286?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xr.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0286?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0286 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-0286 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0286 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xr
- CVE-2020-3118 Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String
- CVE-2020-3569 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2020-3566 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2010-3035 Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service
- CVE-2022-20821 Cisco IOS XR Open Port
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcp3-vvv6-vhfh.