CVE-2023-20233

Summary

CVECVE-2023-20233
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-13 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of invalid continuity check messages (CCMs). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted CCMs to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the CFM service to crash when a user displays information about maintenance end points (MEPs) for peer MEPs on an affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-354

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios Xr All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xr 7.9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco IOS XR Software Connectivity Fault Management Denial of Service Vulnerability MISC sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317358 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) XR Software Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ios-xr-cfm-3pWN8MKt)
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