A vulnerability in the bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) hardware offload feature of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, ASR 9902 Compact High-Performance Routers, and ASR 9903 Compact High-Performance Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a line card to reset, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of malformed BFD packets that are received on line cards where the BFD hardware offload feature is enabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPv4 BFD packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause line card exceptions or a hard reset, resulting in loss of traffic over that line card while the line card reloads.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.6, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 13 products from cisco, from cisco, from cisco and 10 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2023, 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.
2023-03-09T22:15:52.200
2024-11-21T07:40:26.213
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 8.6 (HIGH)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | cisco | ios_xr | < 7.5.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | cisco | ios_xr | < 7.6.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | cisco | ios_xr | 7.7 | Yes |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9000v-v2 | - | No |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9001 | - | No |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9006 | - | No |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9010 | - | No |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9901 | - | No |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9902 | - | No |
| Hardware | cisco | asr_9903 | - | 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 |
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