A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent, also referred to as the Cisco Open Plug-n-Play agent, of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending invalid data to the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a memory leak on the affected device, which could cause the device to reload.
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180926-pnp-memleak | vendor advisory |
| https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-094-02 | third party advisory us government resource |