Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2024 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2022-20846Cisco IOS XR Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in Cisco IOS XR Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol implementation for Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to reload on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a heap buffer overflow in certain Cisco Discovery Protocol messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a heap overflow, which could cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to reload on the device. The bytes that can be written in the buffer overflow are restricted, which limits remote code execution.Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent). Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.This advisory is part of the September 2022 release of the Cisco IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see .
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco IOS XR Software | 6.5.36.5.296.5.16.6.16.5.26.5.926.5.156.6.2 |
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- cisco-sa-xr-cdp-wnALzvT2
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxr-bng-Gmg5Gxt</a></p><p>This advisory is part of the September 2022 release of the Cisco IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see <a href="https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74840">Cisco Event Response: September 2022 Semiannual Cisco IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ncs4k-tl1-GNnLwC6</a></p><p>This advisory is part of the September 2022 release of the Cisco IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see <a href="https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74840">Cisco Event Response: September 2022 Semiannual Cisco IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication