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CVE-2018-0155

Cisco Catalyst Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series SwitchesNetwork & edge
CVSS
8.6High
ExploitationExploited in the wildAdded to KEV 3 Mar 2022CISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)7.74%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
Federal deadline17 Mar 2022Remediation due date for US federal agenciesCISA KEV
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.

Timeline

  1. 28 Mar 2018, 22:00 UTCPublishedCVE List
  2. 3 Mar 2022Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV

Description

A vulnerability in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) offload implementation of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, causing a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • Cisco IOS and IOS XEaffected: Cisco IOS and IOS XECVE List

References 4