CVE-2017-6729

Published: Jul 10, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) processing functionality of the Cisco StarOS operating system for Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the BGP process on an affected system to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects the following products if they are running the Cisco StarOS operating system and BGP is enabled for the system: Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Cisco Virtualized Packet Core Software. More Information: CSCvc44968. Known Affected Releases: 16.4.1 19.1.0 21.1.0 21.1.M0.65824. Known Fixed Releases: 21.3.A0.65902 21.2.A0.65905 21.1.b0.66164 21.1.V0.66014 21.1.R0.65898 21.1.M0.65894 21.1.0.66030 21.1.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

cisco

commercial·USaka cisco systems inc., cisco systems

asr 5000 software

Networking Infrastructure

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100015

securityfocus.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038819

securitytracker.com

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-staros

tools.cisco.com

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