Cisco IOS Software Malformed Border Gateway Protocol Attribute Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20120926-bgp)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62370

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

Cisco IOS Software contains a vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing protocol feature. The vulnerability can be triggered when the router receives a malformed attribute from a peer on an existing BGP session. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause all BGP sessions to reset. Repeated exploitation may result in an inability to route packets to BGP neighbors during reconvergence times. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20120926-bgp.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62370

File Name: cisco-sa-20120926-bgp.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/28/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4617

BID: 55694

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20120926-bgp

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtt35379

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