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CVE-2018-0256 — A vulnerability in the peer-to-peer message processing functionality of Cisco Pa

A vulnerability in the peer-to-peer message processing functionality of Cisco Packet Data Network Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Session Manager (SESSMGR) process on an affected device to restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condit

CVSS
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EPSS
0.32% (top 45.30%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2018-04-19T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-11-29T15:15:52.207Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the peer-to-peer message processing functionality of Cisco Packet Data Network Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Session Manager (SESSMGR) process on an affected device to restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incorrect validation of peer-to-peer packet headers. An attacker could exploit this…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco Packet Data Network GatewayCisco Packet Data Network Gateway

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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