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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.0386
Cisco ASR 5000 System Architecture Evolution Gateway High
CPU Utilization Vulnerability
18 February 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Cisco ASR 5000 Series Software
Publisher: Cisco Systems
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-0617
Original Bulletin:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0617
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Cisco Security Notice
Cisco ASR 5000 System Architecture Evolution Gateway High CPU Utilization
Vulnerability
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0617
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0617
Release Date: 2015 February 16 18:39 UTC (GMT)
Last Updated: 2015 February 17 15:06 UTC (GMT)
Summary
A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) code of Cisco
ASR 5500 System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway could allow an
unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization and the SNMP
process may stop responding.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of malformed SNMP packets.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed SNMP packets
to the affected system.
Affected Products
Product More Information CVSS
Cisco ASR 5000 Series Software CSCur13393 5.0/4.8
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