CVE-2017-6729
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.30% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cisco/asr 5000 software
- Source
- psirt@cisco.com
EPSS 2.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100015Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038819Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-starosVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100015Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038819Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-starosVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.