8.6
HIGH
CVE-2023-20049
"Cisco ASR 9000 Series/ASR 9902/ASR 9903 BFD Packet Handling Remote Denial of Service"
Description

A vulnerability in the bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) hardware offload feature of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, ASR 9902 Compact High-Performance Routers, and ASR 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a line card to reset, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of malformed BFD packets that are received on line cards where the BFD hardware offload feature is enabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPv4 BFD packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause line card exceptions or a hard reset, resulting in loss of traffic over that line card while the line card reloads.

INFO

Published Date :

March 9, 2023, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 4:05 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-20049 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco ios_xr
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-20049.

URL Resource
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bfd-XmRescbT Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-20049 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-20049 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 Cisco Systems, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Cisco Systems, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bfd-XmRescbT No Types Assigned https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bfd-XmRescbT Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.5.3 *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.6 up to (excluding) 7.6.2 *cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9000v-v2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9001:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9006:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9010:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9901:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9902:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9903:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9904:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9906:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9910:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9912:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:asr_9922:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-20049 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-20049 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-256: SOAP Array Overflow SOAP Array Overflow
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.01%

score

0.49925

percentile

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