CVE-2017-12217 describes a partial denial of service vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5500 System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateways, specifically affecting the GPRS Tunneling Protocol ingress packet handler. This flaw, caused by improper input validation of GPRS Tunneling Protocol packet headers, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger unexpected restarts of the GTPUMGR process. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), the attack requires no privileges or user interaction, but only results in a brief traffic impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asr_5500_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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:L
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