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CVE-2018-0161

CVE information

Published

5 years ago

Last Modified

4 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software running on certain models of Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, aka a GET MIB Object ID Denial of Service Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to a condition that could occur when the affected software processes an SNMP read request that contains a request for the ciscoFlashMIB object ID (OID). An attacker could trigger this vulnerability by issuing an SNMP GET request for the ciscoFlashMIB OID on an affected device. A successful exploit could cause the affected device to restart due to a SYS-3-CPUHOG. This vulnerability affects the following Cisco devices if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS Software and are configured to use SNMP Version 2 (SNMPv2) or SNMP Version 3 (SNMPv3): Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches 8P, Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches 8U. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd89541..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.3/10
Exploit Score
6.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.3/10
Exploit Score
1.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
4/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Changed
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2\(5\)e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-16ps-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-16ts-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-24pq-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-24ps-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-24tq-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-24ts-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-48pq-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-48ps-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-48tq-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-48ts-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-8ps-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_2960l-8ts-ll:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_digital_building_series_switches-8p
  No
-
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_digital_building_series_switches-8u
  No
-