Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-0257 - Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
LOW
low complexity
cisco
nessus

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of certain DHCP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain DHCP packets to a specific segment of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU usage on the affected device and cause a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg73687.

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20180418-CBR8.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers due to incorrect handling of certain DHCP packets. An unauthenticated, adjacent, attacker can exploit this, by sending certain DHCP packets to a specific segment of an affected device in order to increase CPU usage and cause a DoS condition. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id132043
published2019-12-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132043
titleCisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers High CPU Usage DoS (cisco-sa-20180418-cbr8)
code
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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(132043);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-0257");
  script_bugtraq_id(103948);
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-BUG-ID", value:"CSCvg73687");
  script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-20180418-cbr8");

  script_name(english:"Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers High CPU Usage DoS (cisco-sa-20180418-cbr8)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability on
Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers due to incorrect handling of certain DHCP packets. An unauthenticated,
adjacent, attacker can exploit this, by sending certain DHCP packets to a specific segment of an affected device in
order to increase CPU usage and cause a DoS condition.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-cbr8
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1b49f808");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvg73687");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCvg73687.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-0257");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CISCO");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("cisco_ios_xe_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version", "Settings/ParanoidReport", "Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Model");

  exit(0);
}

include('cisco_workarounds.inc');
include('ccf.inc');
include('audit.inc');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

product_info = cisco::get_product_info(name:'Cisco IOS XE Software');

model = product_info['model'];
if (model !~ 'cBR')
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'an affected model');

version = product_info['version'];
if ('SP' >< version)
  vuln_ranges = [
    { 'min_ver' : '3.18', 'fix_ver' : '3.18.3bSP' }
  ];
else
 vuln_ranges = [
    { 'min_ver' : '16.4', 'fix_ver' : '16.6.3' },
    { 'min_ver' : '16.7', 'fix_ver' : '16.7.2' }
  ];

workarounds = make_list(CISCO_WORKAROUNDS['no_workaround']);
workaround_params = make_list();

reporting = make_array(
  'port'     , 0,
  'severity' , SECURITY_NOTE,
  'version'  , version,
  'bug_id'   , 'CSCvg73687'
);

cisco::check_and_report(
  product_info:product_info,
  workarounds:workarounds,
  workaround_params:workaround_params,
  reporting:reporting,
  vuln_ranges:vuln_ranges,
  router_only:TRUE
);