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CVE-2019-1761 — A vulnerability in the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) subsystem of Cisco IOS

A vulnerability in the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to receive potentially sensitive information from an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient memory initializat

CVSS
4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.07% (top 77.90%)
CWE
CWE-665
Published
2019-03-28T00:25:15.422Z
Last modified
2024-11-21T19:41:22.576Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) subsystem of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to receive potentially sensitive information from an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient memory initialization. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by receiving HSRPv2 traffic from an adjacent HSRP member. A…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco IOS and IOS XE Software3.2.0SG, 3.2.1SG, 3.2.2SG, 3.2.3SG, 3.2.4SG, 3.2.5SG, 3.2.6SG, 3.2.7SG, 3.2.8SG, 3.2.9SG, 3.2.10SG, 3.2.11SG, 3.7.0S, 3.7.1S, 3.7.2S, 3.7.3S, 3.7.4S, 3.7.5S, 3.7.6S, 3.7.7S, 3.7.8S, 3.7.4aS, 3.7.2tS, 3.7.0bS, 3.7.1aS, 3.3.0SG, 3.3.2SG, 3.3.1SG, 3.8.0S, 3.8.1S, 3.8.2S, 3.9.1S, 3.9.0S, 3.9.2S, 3.9.1aS, 3.9.0aS, 3.2.0SE, 3.2.1SE, 3.2.2SE, 3.2.3SE, 3.3.0SE, 3.3.1SE, 3.3.2SE, 3.3.3SE, 3.3.4SE, 3.3.5SE, 3.3.0XO, 3.3.1XO, 3.3.2XO, 3.4.0SG, 3.4.2SG, 3.4.1SG, 3.4.3SG, 3.4.4SG, 3.4.5SG, 3.4.6SG, 3.4.7SG, 3.4.8SG, 3.5.0E, 3.5.1E, 3.5.2E, 3.5.3E, 3.10.0S, 3.10.1S, 3.10.2S, 3.10.3S, 3.10.4S, 3.10.5S, 3.10.6S, 3.10.2aS, 3.10.2tS, 3.10.7S, 3.10.8S, 3.10.8aS, 3.10.9S, 3.10.10S, 3.11.1S, 3.11.2S, 3.11.0S, 3.11.3S, 3.11.4S, 3.12.0S, 3.12.1S, 3.12.2S, 3.12.3S, 3.12.0aS, 3.12.4S, 3.13.0S, 3.13.1S, 3.13.2S, 3.13.3S, 3.13.4S, 3.13.5S, 3.13.2aS, 3.13.0aS, 3.13.5aS, 3.13.6S, 3.13.7S, 3.13.6aS, 3.13.6bS, 3.13.7aS, 3.13.8S, 3.13.9S, 3.13.10S, 3.6.0E, 3.6.1E, 3.6.0aE, 3.6.0bE, 3.6.2aE, 3.6.2E, 3.6.3E, 3.6.4E, 3.6.5E, 3.6.6E, 3.6.5aE, 3.6.5bE, 3.6.7E, 3.6.8E, 3.6.7aE, 3.6.7bE, 3.6.9E, 3.6.9aE, 3.14.0S, 3.14.1S, 3.14.2S, 3.14.3S, 3.14.4S, 3.15.0S, 3.15.1S, 3.15.2S, 3.15.1cS, 3.15.3S, 3.15.4S, 3.3.0SQ, 3.3.1SQ, 3.4.0SQ, 3.4.1SQ, 3.7.0E, 3.7.1E, 3.7.2E, 3.7.3E, 3.7.4E, 3.7.5E, 3.5.0SQ, 3.5.1SQ, 3.5.2SQ, 3.5.3SQ, 3.5.4SQ, 3.5.5SQ, 3.5.6SQ, 3.5.7SQ, 3.5.8SQ, 3.16.0S, 3.16.1S, 3.16.0aS, 3.16.1aS, 3.16.2S, 3.16.2aS, 3.16.0bS, 3.16.0cS, 3.16.3S, 3.16.2bS, 3.16.3aS, 3.16.4S, 3.16.4aS, 3.16.4bS, 3.16.4gS, 3.16.5S, 3.16.4cS, 3.16.4dS, 3.16.4eS, 3.16.6S, 3.16.5aS, 3.16.5bS, 3.16.7S, 3.16.6bS, 3.16.7aS, 3.16.7bS, 3.16.8S, 3.17.0S, 3.17.1S, 3.17.2S, 3.17.1aS, 3.17.3S, 3.17.4S, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.3, 3.2.0JA, 16.2.1, 16.2.2, 3.8.0E, 3.8.1E, 3.8.2E, 3.8.3E, 3.8.4E, 3.8.5E, 3.8.5aE, 3.8.6E, 3.8.7E, 16.3.1, 16.3.2, 16.3.3, 16.3.1a, 16.3.4, 16.3.5, 16.3.5b, 16.3.6, 16.3.7, 16.4.1, 16.4.2, 16.4.3, 16.5.1, 16.5.1a, 16.5.1b, 16.5.2, 16.5.3, 3.18.0aS, 3.18.0S, 3.18.1S, 3.18.2S, 3.18.3S, 3.18.4S, 3.18.0SP, 3.18.1SP, 3.18.1aSP, 3.18.1gSP, 3.18.1bSP, 3.18.1cSP, 3.18.2SP, 3.18.1hSP, 3.18.2aSP, 3.18.1iSP, 3.18.3SP, 3.18.4SP, 3.18.3aSP, 3.18.3bSP, 3.18.5SP, 3.9.0E, 3.9.1E, 3.9.2E, 3.9.2bE, 16.6.1, 16.6.2, 16.6.3, 16.6.4, 16.6.4s, 16.6.4a, 16.7.1, 16.7.1a, 16.7.1b, 16.7.2, 16.8.1, 16.8.1a, 16.8.1b, 16.8.1s, 16.8.1c, 16.8.1d, 16.8.2, 16.8.1e, 16.9.1, 16.9.1a, 16.9.1b, 16.9.1s, 16.9.1c, 16.9.1d, 3.10.0E, 3.10.1E, 3.10.0cE, 3.10.2E, 3.10.1aE, 3.10.1sE

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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