#VU25786 Resource exhaustion in Cisco IOS XR - CVE-2020-3190
Published: March 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25786
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3190
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IOS XR
Cisco IOS XR
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of packets by the IPsec packet processor. A remote attacker can send malicious ICMP error messages to an affected device that get punted to the IPsec packet processor, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.