CVE-2017-6599 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Cisco IOS XR Software

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime CWE-3995 documents5 sources

Severity

5.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.4%

top 37.08%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Cisco IOS XR Software Cisco IOS XR

Timeline

PublishedApr 7

Latest updateMay 13

Description

A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Event Management Service daemon (emsd) to crash due to a system memory leak, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco IOS XR Software with gRPC enabled. More Information: CSCvb14433. Known Affected Releases: 6.1.1.BASE 6.2.1.BASE. Known Fixed Releases: 6.2.1.22i.MGBL 6.1.22.9i.MGBL 6.1.21.12i.MGBL 6…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5cisco/cisco_ios_xr_softwareCisco IOS XR Software

▶NVDcisco/ios_xr6.1.1, 6.2.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-rfg9-w7rm-553m: A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to ca↗2022-05-13

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CVEList

CVE-2017-6599: A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to ca↗2017-04-07

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💥Exploits & PoCs

Exploit-DB

BMC Track-It! 11.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities↗2015-09-28

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📋Vendor Advisories

Cisco

Cisco IOS XR Software Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2017-04-05

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