Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst 9800 LSC resource consumption

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst 9800. The affected element is an unknown function of the component LSC Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-3203. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst 9800 (Router Operating System) (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component LSC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the locally significant certificate (LSC) provisioning feature of Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers that are running Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak that could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of certain public key infrastructure (PKI) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to continuously consume memory, which could result in a memory allocation failure that leads to a crash and causes a DoS condition.

The weakness was published 06/03/2020 as cisco-sa-iosxe-ewlc-dos-TkuPVm as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-3203 since 12/12/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Router Operating System

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• Cisco

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• IOS XE

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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