CVE-2018-0473

Cisco IOS Software Precision Time Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 5, 2018
Updated: Nov 26, 2024
Reserved: Nov 27, 2017

Description

A vulnerability in the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition of the Precision Time Protocol. The vulnerability is due to insufficient processing of PTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a custom PTP packet to, or through, an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition for the PTP subsystem, resulting in time synchronization issues across the network.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cisco IOS SoftwareCisco	n/aAffected

References

20180926 Cisco IOS Software Precision Time Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilityvendor-advisory
1041737vdb-entry
105427vdb-entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-094-03

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