CVE-2020-3508

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE for ASR 1000 with 20-Gbps ESP - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via ARP Message Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the IP Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers with a 20-Gbps Embedded Services Processor (ESP) installed could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when an affected device has reached platform limitations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious series of IP ARP messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources, which would eventually cause the affected device to reload.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.7%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (6)
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.6.5
cisco/ios_xe 16.7\(1\)
cisco/ios_xe 17.1.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.9.1
cisco/ios_xe 17.4.1
Published Sep 24, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026