CVE-2017-6599 Information

Description

A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause the Event Management Service daemon (emsd) to crash due to a system memory leak resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco IOS XR Software with gRPC enabled. More Information: CSCvb14433. Known Affected Releases: 6.1.1.BASE 6.2.1.BASE. Known Fixed Releases: 6.2.1.22i.MGBL 6.1.22.9i.MGBL 6.1.21.12i.MGBL 6.1.2.13i.MGBL.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97464 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038191 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-ios

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

5.3