SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2018-0154

Cisco IOS Software Integrated Services Module for VPN Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.5EPSS 7.07%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

A vulnerability in the crypto engine of the Cisco Integrated Services Module for VPN (ISM-VPN) running Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient handling of VPN traffic by the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VPN traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to hang or crash, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd39267.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
7.07% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 March 2022 · due 17 March 2022
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
cisco/ios
Source
psirt@cisco.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0154

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