Vigil@nce - Cisco GSR 12000: denial of service via UDP BFD
May 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious UDP BFD packet to Cisco GSR
12000, in order to trigger a denial of service.
– Impacted products: IOS XR Cisco, Cisco Router.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 11/03/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco GSR 12000 product has a service to manage received UDP
BFD packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious UDP BFD packet to Cisco
GSR 12000, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-GSR-12000-denial-of-service-via-UDP-BFD-19161