CVE-2018-0171

Description

A vulnerability in the Smart Install feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, or to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of packet data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Smart Install message to an affected device on TCP port 4786. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a buffer overflow on the affected device, which could have the following impacts: Triggering a reload of the device, Allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device, Causing an indefinite loop on the affected device that triggers a watchdog crash. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg76186.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

93.031

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Smart Install Remote Code Execution Vulnerability For Cisco IOS	NCM
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Smart Install Remote Code Execution Vulnerability For Cisco IOS XE Software	NCM
Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171)	NCM

Patch Details

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Patch ID	Patch Description
PATCH-1706090	Security Update for Cisco IOS Amsterdam-17.2.1r
PATCH-1706107	Security Update for Cisco IOS XE Software 5.2(1)SV5(1.3a)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234