SB2023032344 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE Software



SB2023032344 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE Software

Published: March 23, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023032344
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20027)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper reassembly of large packets in the implementation of the IPv4 Virtual Fragmentation Reassembly (VFR) feature. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.