CVE-2020-3516

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
24/09/2020
Last modified:
08/10/2020

Description

A vulnerability in the web server authentication of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to crash the web server on the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation during authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering unexpected characters during a valid authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to crash the web server on the device, which must be manually recovered by disabling and re-enabling the web server.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.9.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.12.0 (including) 16.12.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 17.1.0 (including) 17.1.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*