Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-0469 - Double Free vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE 16.5.1

047910
CVSS 7.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
cisco
CWE-415
nessus

Summary

A vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to a double-free-in-memory handling by the affected software when specific HTTP requests are processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific HTTP requests to the web user interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have access to the management interface of the affected software, which is typically connected to a restricted management network.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20180926-WEBUIDOS.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, the IOS XE is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
last seen2020-04-30
modified2018-10-05
plugin id117956
published2018-10-05
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sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117956
titleCisco IOS XE Software Web UI DoS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20180926-webuidos)