Cisco IOS XE Software for cBR 8 Converged Broadband Routers Common Open Policy Service Denial of Service (cisco-sa-cbr8-cops-Vc2ZsJSx)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168023

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS-XE Software for Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Routers is affected by a DoS vulnerability in the Common Open Policy Service (COPS). A deadlock condition exists in the COPS packet processing that could allow allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause resource exhaustion, resulting in a denial of service (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 CSCvw49029

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f3f46ab9

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74581

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvw49029

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168023

File Name: cisco-sa-cbr8-cops-Vc2ZsJSx-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/21/2022

Updated: 9/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1622

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: 9/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1622

CWE: 833

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cbr8-cops-Vc2ZsJSx

IAVA: 2021-A-0441-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvw49029