CVE-2018-0286

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

A vulnerability in the netconf interface of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed requests processed by the netconf process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the affected software. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the targeted process to restart, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg95792.

Affected products

Cisco IOS XR Software: 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.5.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104083
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040827
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-iosxr
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104083
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040827
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180502-iosxr

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