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CVE-2009-2055

Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 5.9EPSS 3.33%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session reset) via a BGP UPDATE message with an invalid attribute, as demonstrated in the wild on 17 August 2009.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.33% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 25 March 2022 · due 15 April 2022
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
cisco/ios xr
Source
psirt@cisco.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2055

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.