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CVE-2017-6599

A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote att…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

A vulnerability in Google-defined remote procedure call (gRPC) handling in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Event Management Service daemon (emsd) to crash due to a system memory leak, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco IOS XR Software with gRPC enabled. More Information: CSCvb14433. Known Affected Releases: 6.1.1.BASE 6.2.1.BASE. Known Fixed Releases: 6.2.1.22i.MGBL 6.1.22.9i.MGBL 6.1.21.12i.MGBL 6.1.2.13i.MGBL.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Cisco IOS XR Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Technology feeds
Cisco IOS (RSS, critical only)

References

  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405-ios · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038191 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97464 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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