CVE-2017-3864 Information

Description

A vulnerability in the DHCP client implementation of Cisco IOS (12.2 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.6) and Cisco IOS XE (3.3 through 3.7) could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability occurs during the parsing of a crafted DHCP packet. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted DHCP packets to an affected device that is configured as a DHCP client. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of an affected device resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco devices that are running a vulnerable release of Cisco IOS or IOS XE Software and using a specific DHCP client configuration. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuu43892.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97012 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038103 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170322-dhcpc

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.6