CVE-2017-6729 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) processing functionality of Cisco StarOS, affecting Cisco ASR 5000 Series Routers and Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) Software when BGP is enabled. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause the BGP process to reload. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a high impact on availability, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:16.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:16.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:16.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:17.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.0.59184CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asr_5000_software:17.2.0.59184:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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