CVE-2018-0256 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Packet Data Network Gateway's peer-to-peer message processing, affecting Cisco ASR 5000 Series Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted peer-to-peer packet, causing the Session Manager (SESSMGR) process to restart. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but only results in a brief traffic impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20.3.0.66671CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:20.3.0.66671:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
p2p_2.16.879CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asr_5000_series_software:p2p_2.16.879:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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