Medium severity · published Sep 24, 2020
CVE-2020-3465
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to reload
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a device to reload. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of certain valid, but not typical, Ethernet frames. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending the Ethernet frames onto the Ethernet segment. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IX
IOS XE · Cisco
16.6.9; 17.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3465
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3465
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-le-drTOB625
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