CVE-2018-15464
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in Cisco 900 Series Aggregation Services Router (ASR) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of certain broadcast packets ingress to the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large streams of broadcast packets to an affected device. If successful, an exploit could allow an attacker to impact services running on the device, resulting in a partial DoS condition.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Routerscisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20190109-asr900-dosCisco ASR 900 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Denial of Service Vulnerability2019-01-09csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in Cisco 900 Series Aggregation Services Router (ASR) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of certain broadcast packets ingress to the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending large streams of broadcast packets to an affected device. If successful, an exploit could allow an attacker to impact services running on the device, resulting in a partial 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-20190109-asr900-dos ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-asr900-dos"]
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references (7)
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- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvh94635Patchcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-asr900-doscnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106550cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106550enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-asr900-dosenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106550Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190109-asr900-dosVendor Advisorynvd
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