CVE-2020-3508
HIGHCisco IOS XE for ASR 1000 with 20-Gbps ESP - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via ARP Message Flood
Title source: llmDescription
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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esp20-arp-dos-GvHVggqJ
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