# CVE-2020-3190: Cisco IOS XR Software IPsec Packet Processor Denial of Service Vulnerability

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IPsec sessions by sending malicious ICMP error messages to Cisco IOS XR devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vf9r-m8g7-gv2c

## What is CVE-2020-3190?

CVE-2020-3190 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 4 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the IPsec packet processor of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for IPsec sessions to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of packets by the IPsec packet processor. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious ICMP error messages to an affected device that get punted to the IPsec packet processor. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to deplete IPsec memory, resulting in all future IPsec packets to an affected device being dropped by the device. Manual intervention is required to recover from this situation.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3190?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Ios Xr.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-3190?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3190 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-3190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xr

- [CVE-2020-3118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3118/): Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-3569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3569/): Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-3566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3566/): Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3035/): Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-20821](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20821/): Cisco IOS XR Open Port (medium 6.5, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3190 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-3190 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 4 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios Xr. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3190/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3190/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3190
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3190
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3190

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3190/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.