Actively exploited · Published Mar 28, 2018 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2018-0179

Medium 6.8 Exploited

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco IOS. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.9% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)4.9%top 7.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Login Enhancements (Login Block) feature of Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected system, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. These vulnerabilities affect Cisco devices that are running Cisco IOS Software Release 15.4(2)T, 15.4(3)M, or 15.4(2)CG and later. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuy32360, CSCuz60599.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Cisco IOS	Cisco IOS

Weakness: CWE-399 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-slogin x_refsource_CONFIRM
103556 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0179 government-resource