CVE-2017-6613

MEDIUM

Cisco Prime Network Registrar < 8.3.5 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Malformed DNS Packet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the DNS input packet processor for Cisco Prime Network Registrar could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the DNS process to momentarily restart, which could lead to a partial denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected system. The vulnerability is due to incomplete DNS packet header validation when the packet is received by the application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed DNS packet to the application. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the DNS process to restart, which could lead to a DoS condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco Prime Network Registrar on all software versions prior to 8.3.5. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb55412.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97924
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038331

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0199
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-399
Status published
Products (6)
cisco/prime_network_registrar 8.3.0
cisco/prime_network_registrar 8.3.1
cisco/prime_network_registrar 8.3.2
cisco/prime_network_registrar 8.3.3
cisco/prime_network_registrar 8.3.4
n/a/Cisco Prime Network Registrar Cisco Prime Network Registrar
Published Apr 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026