CVE-2017-6663: Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
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 Autonomic Networking feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause autonomic nodes of an affected system to reload, resulting in denial-of-service (DoS).
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability in the Autonomic Networking feature allows adjacent attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Who is affected
- Adjacent unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the high severity and active exploitation.
- Action
- Update Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software to the latest version.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6663
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.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2017-6663Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 81% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-6663 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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