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CVE-2017-12319: Cisco IOS XE Software Ethernet Virtual Private Network Border Gateway Protocol Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2017-12319
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) over an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) for Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition, or potentially corrupt the BGP routing table, which could result in network instability.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Ciscoproduct: IOS XE SoftwareDenial of service
What
A vulnerability in BGP over EVPN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or network instability.
Who is affected
Devices running Cisco IOS XE Software with BGP enabled are affected.
Urgency
Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the latest version of Cisco IOS XE Software.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12319

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2017-12319coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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