CVE-2021-34703

Description

A vulnerability in the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) message parser of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an attacker to trigger a reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper initialization of a buffer. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via any of the following methods: An authenticated, remote attacker could access the LLDP neighbor table via either the CLI or SNMP while the device is in a specific state. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could corrupt the LLDP neighbor table by injecting specific LLDP frames into the network and then waiting for an administrator of the device or a network management system (NMS) managing the device to retrieve the LLDP neighbor table of the device via either the CLI or SNMP. An authenticated, adjacent attacker with SNMP read-only credentials or low privileges on the device CLI could corrupt the LLDP neighbor table by injecting specific LLDP frames into the network and then accessing the LLDP neighbor table via either the CLI or SNMP. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash, resulting in a reload of the device.

Risk Information

Base Score
6.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.243

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Link Layer Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco IOSNCM
Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Link Layer Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability For Cisco IOS XE SoftwareNCM
Improper Initialization Vulnerability (CVE-2021-34703)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-1706090Security Update for Cisco IOS Amsterdam-17.2.1r
PATCH-1706107Security 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