CVE-2022-20837

published 2022-10-10

CVE-2022-20837: A vulnerability in the DNS application layer gateway (ALG) functionality that is used by Network Address Translation (NAT) in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow…

Priority P3 48 high 8.6 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S C C N I N A H

A vulnerability in the DNS application layer gateway (ALG) functionality that is used by Network Address Translation (NAT) in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. This vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when an affected device inspects certain TCP DNS packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DNS packets through the affected device that is performing NAT for DNS packets. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited only by sending IPv4 TCP packets through an affected device. This vulnerability cannot be exploited by sending IPv6 traffic.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	cisco_ios_xe_software	—	—
cisco	ios_xe	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.6 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

vendor_cisco 8.6 HIGH

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