CVE-2020-3566

Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Aug 29, 2020
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Reserved
Dec 12, 2019

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Description

A vulnerability in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust process memory of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient queue management for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IGMP traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause memory exhaustion, resulting in instability of other processes. These processes may include, but are not limited to, interior and exterior routing protocols. Cisco will release software updates that address this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hcisco

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco IOS XR SoftwareCisco
  • n/aAffected

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