CVE-2018-0286
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the netconf interface of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed requests processed by the netconf process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the affected software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the targeted process to restart, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg95792.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco IOS XR Softwarecisco_csaf
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https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20180502-iosxrCisco IOS XR Software netconf Denial of Service Vulnerability2018-05-02csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the netconf interface of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed requests processed by the netconf process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the affected software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the targeted process to restart, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected system. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-iosxr ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-iosxr"]
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references (10)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040827cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvg95792Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-iosxrcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104083cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104083enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040827enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-iosxrenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104083Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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