CVE-2017-6665

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

A vulnerability in the Autonomic Networking feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to reset the Autonomic Control Plane (ACP) of an affected system and view ACP packets that are transferred in clear text within an affected system, an Information Disclosure Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvd51214. Known Affected Releases: Denali-16.2.1 Denali-16.3.1.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 15.2(3)e, 15.2(3)e1, 15.2(3)e2, 15.2(3)e3, 15.2(3)e4, 15.2(3)e5 (+111)
Cisco IOS XE: 3.7.0e, 3.7.1e, 3.7.3e, 3.8.0e, 3.8.0ex, 3.8.1e (+64)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99969
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038998
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170726-aniacp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99969
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038998
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170726-aniacp

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