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CVE-2019-16018

A vulnerability in the implementation of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect processing of a BGP update message that contains crafted EVPN attributes. An attacker could indirectly exploit the vulnerability by sending BGP EVPN update messages with a specific, malformed attribute to an affected system and waiting for a user on the device to display the EVPN operational routes’ status. If successful, the attacker could cause the BGP process to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. The Cisco implementation of BGP accepts incoming BGP traffic only from explicitly defined peers. To exploit this vulnerability, the malicious BGP update message would need to come from a configured, valid BGP peer, or would need to be injected by the attacker into the victim's BGP network on an existing, valid TCP connection to a BGP peer.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 28 products from cisco, from cisco, from cisco and 25 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-01-26T05:15:14.413

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:29:56.110

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-399
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-400
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco ios_xr 6.6.1 Yes
Hardware cisco asr_9000v - No
Hardware cisco asr_9001 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9006 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9010 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9901 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9904 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9906 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9910 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9912 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9922 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_540 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5508 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5516 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_6000 - No
Operating System cisco ios_xr 6.6.2 Yes
Hardware cisco asr_9000v - No
Hardware cisco asr_9000v - No
Hardware cisco asr_9001 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9001 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9006 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9006 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9010 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9010 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9901 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9901 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9904 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9904 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9906 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9906 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9910 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9910 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9912 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9912 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9922 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9922 - No
Hardware cisco crs - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5508 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5516 - No
Hardware cisco xrv_9000 - No
Operating System cisco ios_xr 6.6.25 Yes
Hardware cisco ncs_540 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_540l - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5508 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5516 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_560 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_6000 - No
Operating System cisco ios_xr 7.0.1 Yes
Hardware cisco asr_9000v - No
Hardware cisco asr_9001 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9006 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9010 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9901 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9904 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9906 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9910 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9912 - No
Hardware cisco asr_9922 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_1001 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_1002 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_1004 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5001 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5002 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_540 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_540l - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5501-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5502-se - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5508 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_5516 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_560 - No
Hardware cisco ncs_6000 - No
Hardware cisco xrv_9000 - No
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cisco's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.