CVE-2022-20692 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Cisco IOS XE Software

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA7.7
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Cisco IOS XE SoftwareCisco IOS XE
Timeline
PublishedApr 15
Latest updateApr 16

Description

A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient resource management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by initiating a large number of NETCONF over SSH connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing the device to reload and resulting in a DoS conditio…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDcisco/ios_xe127 versions+126

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m4jm-38q7-gpvv: A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denia↗2022-04-16
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CVEList
Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2022-04-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco IOS XE Software NETCONF Over SSH Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2022-04-13
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