CVE-2017-6729

Description

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) processing functionality of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the BGP process on an affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects the following products if they are running the Cisco StarOS operating system and BGP is enabled for the system: Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core Software. More Information: CSCvc44968. Known Affected Releases: 16.4.1 19.1.0 21.1.0 21.1.M0.65824. Known Fixed Releases: 21.3.A0.65902 21.2.A0.65905 21.1.b0.66164 21.1.V0.66014 21.1.R0.65898 21.1.M0.65894 21.1.0.66030 21.1.0.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.41% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a Cisco StarOS

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100015	third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038819	third party advisory vdb entry
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-staros	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6729?: CVE-2017-6729 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-6729?: To fix CVE-2017-6729, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-6729 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2017-6729 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-6729?: CVE-2017-6729 affects n/a Cisco StarOS.

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