CVE-2017-12240 Information

Description

The DHCP relay subsystem of Cisco IOS 12.2 through 15.6 and Cisco IOS XE Software contains a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and gain full control of an affected system. The attacker could also cause an affected system to reload resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow condition in the DHCP relay subsystem of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DHCP Version 4 (DHCPv4) packet to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code and gain full control of the affected system or cause the affected system to reload resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCsm45390 CSCuw77959.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101034 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039445 https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCsm45390 https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCuw77959 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170927-dhcp

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8