Cisco IOS XE Software PROFINET DoS (cisco-sa-profinet-J9QMCHPB)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142472

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, IOS is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to crash and reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the device. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvr83393, CSCvs48147

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cff4d72b

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74268

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvr83393

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvs48147

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142472

File Name: cisco-sa-profinet-J9QMCHPB-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/5/2020

Updated: 1/8/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3409

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3409