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Vigil@nce - Cisco IOS XR: denial of service via HTTP 2.0
February 2017 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send malicious HTTP 2.0 packets to Cisco IOS XR,
in order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: IOS XR Cisco, Cisco Router.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 08/12/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco IOS XR product has a service to manage received HTTP 2.0
packets.
However, when malicious HTTP 2.0 packets are received, a fatal
error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send malicious HTTP 2.0 packets to Cisco
IOS XR, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-IOS-XR-denial-of-service-via-HTTP-2-0-21316
