CVE-2020-3244
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Enhanced Charging Service (ECS) functionality of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the traffic classification rules on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user traffic going through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the traffic classification rules and potentially avoid being charged for traffic consumption.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco ASR 5000 Series Softwarecisco_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-asr5k-ecs-bypass-2LqfPCLCisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Enhanced Charging Service Rule Bypass Vulnerability2020-06-17csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Enhanced Charging Service (ECS) functionality of Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregation Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the traffic classification rules on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user traffic going through an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the traffic classification rules and potentially avoid being charged for traffic consumption. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. 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-asr5k-ecs-bypass-2LqfPCL ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asr5k-ecs-bypass-2LqfPCL"]
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references (6)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3244cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asr5k-ecs-bypass-2LqfPCLcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-ASR-5000-privilege-escalation-via-Enhanced-Charging-Service-32552cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2117/cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asr5k-ecs-bypass-2LqfPCLenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asr5k-ecs-bypass-2LqfPCLVendor Advisorynvd
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