Cisco IOS and IOS XE Denial of Service Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 7 Aug 2014 10:05 Release Date: 7 Aug 2014 4427 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Networks OS

A vulnerability was reported in Cisco IOS and IOS XE. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.

A remote user can send a specially crafted EnergyWise packet to port 43440 on the target device to cause the target device to reload.

Systems configured for EnergyWise operation are affected.

Cisco IOS XR is not affected.