Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS, IOS XE: denial of service via IKEv2
December 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious IKEv2 packet to Cisco IOS or IOS
XE, in order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: Cisco Catalyst, IOS by Cisco, IOS XE Cisco,
Cisco Router.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 06/10/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco IOS and IOS XE product has a service to manage received
IKEv2 packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious IKEv2 packet to Cisco
IOS or IOS XE, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-IOS-IOS-XE-denial-of-service-via-IKEv2-20780