CVE-2017-6666 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco NCS 5500 Series Routers. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit a flaw in the forwarding component to stop data traffic across Traffic Engineering tunnels. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 6.0 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no known exploit code available, it is not listed in the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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