CVE-2009-2055
mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.033 · 89 %ileEUUSadded 2022-03-25remediate by 2022-04-15
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session reset) via a BGP UPDATE message with an invalid attribute, as demonstrated in the wild on 17 August 2009.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (20)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2009-August/012719.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022739enisa_euvd
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af150f.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2009-August/012719.htmlMailing Listnvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022739Broken Linknvd
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af150f.shtmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-2055US Government Resourcenvd
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