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CVE-2020-3516

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.

Published

2020-09-24T18:15:21.527

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:31:13.990

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-20
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco ios_xe < 16.9.6 Yes
Operating System cisco ios_xe < 16.12.2 Yes
Operating System cisco ios_xe < 17.1.1 Yes
Operating System cisco ios_xe 17.2.1 Yes
References