CVE-2018-15392
lowpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability in the DHCP service of Cisco Industrial Network Director could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of DHCP lease requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious DHCP lease requests to an affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the DHCP service to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Industrial Network Directorcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.3–4.3
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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- cisco industrial network director≤ 1.5\(0.3\)nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:industrial_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-20181003-ind-dosCisco Industrial Network Director DHCP Request Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability2018-10-03csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the DHCP service of Cisco Industrial Network Director could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of DHCP lease requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious DHCP lease requests to an affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the DHCP service to terminate, 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-20181003-ind-dos ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-ind-dos"]
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sources
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references (3)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-ind-doscnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-ind-dosenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-ind-dosVendor Advisorynvd
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