SB2021032417 - Denial of serivce when handling DECnet traffic in Cisco IOS XE



SB2021032417 - Denial of serivce when handling DECnet traffic in Cisco IOS XE

Published: March 24, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021032417
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1352)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the DECnet Phase IV and DECnet/OSI protocol. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted DECnet traffic to the affected device and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.