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Cisco Headend System Release UDP TFTP and DHCP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20150529-CVE-2015-0743 · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in the UDP applications TFTP and DHCP of Cisco Headend System Release could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take the TFTP and DHCP listening ports offline for a period of time. The vulnerability is due to a particular UDP traffic pattern in addition to the amount of UDP traffic generated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted UDP packets for TFTP and DHCP to the device. An exploit could allow the attacker to take the TFTP and DHCP ports offline so those ports do not respond to incoming requests, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability; however, software updates are not available. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker may need access to trusted, internal networks to send crafted UDP packets for TFTP and DHCP to the affected device. This access requirement may reduce the likelihood of a successful exploit. Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to contact the vendor regarding future updates and releases.

Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.

Administrators can help protect affected systems from external attacks by using a solid firewall strategy.

Administrators may consider using IP-based access control lists (ACLs) to allow only trusted systems to access the affected systems.

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2015-0743
Cisco Bug IDsCSCus04097
CVSS ScoreBase 5.0
Base 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
Product Names From Source
Cisco Headend System Releases, Headend System Releases

Related Products

Product CVE Evidence
Headend System Releases CVE-2015-0743 Cisco OpenVuln
Cisco Headend System Releases CVE-2015-0743 Cisco OpenVuln