Cisco IOX XE up to 3.17 Web User Interface resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco IOX XE up to 3.17. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web User Interface. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-3856. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOX XE up to 3.17. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Web User Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web user interface of Cisco IOS XE 3.1 through 3.17 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. The vulnerability is due to insufficient resource handling by the affected software when the web user interface is under a high load. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high number of 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. 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. This vulnerability affects Cisco devices that are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS XE Software, if the web user interface of the software is enabled. By default, the web user interface is not enabled. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCup70353.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2017. The weakness was presented 03/22/2017 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20170322-webui as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-3856 since 12/21/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99031 (Cisco IOS XE Web User Interface DoS (cisco-sa-20170322-webui)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316100 (Cisco IOS XE Software Web User Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20170322-webui)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (99031) and SecurityFocus (BID 97007†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 99031
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS XE Web User Interface DoS (cisco-sa-20170322-webui)
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OpenVAS ID: 103403
OpenVAS Name: Cisco IOS XE Software Web User Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20170322-webui
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3856 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98378

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SecurityFocus: 97007 - Cisco IOS XE Software CVE-2017-3856 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3856 - Cisco - IOS XE - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038101

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2017 07:56
Updated: 08/28/2024 08:09
Changes: 03/23/2017 07:56 (72), 09/10/2020 22:15 (8), 11/14/2022 11:55 (3), 08/28/2024 08:09 (16)
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