CVE-2017-12211 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2017-12211

A vulnerability in the IPv6 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)...

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the IPv6 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) code of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU usage or a reload of the device. The vulnerability is due to IPv6 sub block corruption. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by polling the affected device IPv6 information. An exploit could allow the attacker to trigger high CPU usage or a reload of the device. Known Affected Releases: Denali-16.3.1. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb14640.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE

Vulnerable Versions:

Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE

Timeline

Official Publish: September 7th, 2017

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood

T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood

T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation