CVE-2017-3856 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Cisco IOS XE

CWE-399CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Cisco IOS XE
Timeline
PublishedMar 22
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE 3.1 through 3.17 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to insufficient resource handling by the affected software when the web user interface is under a high load. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high number of requests to the web user interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected de…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDcisco/ios_xe198 versions+197

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-998w-hghj-9wh4: A vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE 3↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-3856: A vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE 3↗2017-03-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software Web User Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2017-03-22
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