CVE-2018-0179

Cisco IOS Software: Denial-of-Service

As of , CVE-2018-0179 in Cisco IOS Software is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
US federal deadline
17 March 202214 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.05Higher than 91% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.01 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

A vulnerability 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.

CISA's 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.

The CVE record's description, from cisco

CVE published
28 March 2018
Assigned by
cisco
CVSS
6.8 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
partial

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

IOS Software: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2017-6744SNMP Remote Code ExecutionCisco IOS softwarePatch soon0.07
CVE-2017-12231Network Address Translation Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS softwarePatch soon0.07
CVE-2017-12233Common Industrial Protocol Request Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS softwarePatch soon0.07
CVE-2017-12234Common Industrial Protocol Request Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS softwarePatch soon0.07
CVE-2017-12235for Cisco Industrial Ethernet Switches PROFINET Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS softwarePatch soon0.07
CVE-2018-0154Integrated Services Module for VPN Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS SoftwarePatch soon0.07
CVE-2018-0180Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS SoftwarePatch soon0.05
CVE-2018-0161Resource Management ErrorsCisco IOS SoftwarePatch soon0.04
CVE-2017-12232for Cisco Integrated Services Routers Denial-of-ServiceCisco IOS softwarePatch soon0.02

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