CVE-2018-0418
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Local Packet Transport Services (LPTS) feature set of Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checking on certain Precision Time Protocol (PTP) ingress traffic to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malformed traffic into an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause services on the device to become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvj22858.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.6
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20180815-asr-ptp-dosCisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Precision Time Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability2018-08-15csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Local Packet Transport Services (LPTS) feature set of Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of input and validation checking on certain Precision Time Protocol (PTP) ingress traffic to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malformed traffic into an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause services on the device to become unresponsive, resulting in a DoS condition. 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-20180815-asr-ptp-dos ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180815-asr-ptp-dos"]
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references (10)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041538cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvj22858Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180815-asr-ptp-doscnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105185cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105185enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041538enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180815-asr-ptp-dosenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105185Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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