SB2020100105 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 1000 Series
Published: October 1, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020100105
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3508)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the IP Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) feature. A remote attacker on the local network can send a malicious series of IP ARP messages, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.