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CVE-2017-6729

24
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-staros
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100015
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038819
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry