CVE-2017-12355 is a vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR Software's Local Packet Transport Services (LPTS) ingress frame-processing functionality. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending crafted XML requests to the management interface, leading to an unexpected restart of an LPTS process. This results in a brief denial of service (DoS) condition due to incomplete LPTS frame validation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium) with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, impacting availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.4.1_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.4.1_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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