CVE-2020-3567
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the management REST API of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU utilization to increase to 100 percent, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of requests sent to the REST API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a permanent DoS condition that is due to high CPU utilization. Manual intervention may be required to recover the Cisco IND.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Industrial Network Directorcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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affected products (8)
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- cisco industrial network director< 1.9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:industrial_network_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-ind-dos-BwG634znCisco Industrial Network Director Denial of Service Vulnerability2020-10-07csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the management REST API of Cisco Industrial Network Director (IND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the CPU utilization to increase to 100 percent, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of requests sent to the REST API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a permanent DoS condition that is due to high CPU utilization. Manual intervention may be required to recover the Cisco IND. 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-ind-dos-BwG634zn ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ind-dos-BwG634zn"]
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references (6)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/50156cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3567cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ind-dos-BwG634zncnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3480/cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ind-dos-BwG634znenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ind-dos-BwG634znVendor Advisorynvd
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