CVE-2017-3859

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE 3.13-3.18 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via DHCP Zero Touch Provisioning Format String

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the DHCP code for the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to a format string vulnerability when processing a crafted DHCP packet for Zero Touch Provisioning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted DHCP packet to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco ASR 920 Series Aggregation Services Routers that are running an affected release of Cisco IOS XE Software (3.13 through 3.18) and are listening on the DHCP server port. By default, the devices do not listen on the DHCP server port. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuy56385.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038104
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97008

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0248
EPSS Percentile 82.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-134
Status published
Products (34)
cisco/ios_xe 3.13.4s
cisco/ios_xe 3.13.5as
cisco/ios_xe 3.13.5s
cisco/ios_xe 3.13.6as
cisco/ios_xe 3.13.6s
cisco/ios_xe 3.14.3s
cisco/ios_xe 3.14.4s
cisco/ios_xe 3.15.2s
cisco/ios_xe 3.15.3s
cisco/ios_xe 3.15.4s
... and 24 more
Published Mar 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026