Cisco IOS XE Software Web Services DoS (cisco-sa-http-dos-svOdkdBS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161364

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS-XE Software is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to improper resource management in the HTTP server code. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a large number of HTTP requests to an affected device to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvx42406

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a1d2a6d

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74561

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvx42406

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161364

File Name: cisco-sa-http-dos-svOdkdBS-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/19/2022

Updated: 5/19/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20697

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 4/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20697

CWE: 691

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-http-dos-svOdkdBS

IAVA: 2022-A-0159

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvx42406