Cisco IOS XR Denial of Service Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 22 Jul 2014 Release Date: 18 Jul 2014 3735 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Networks OS

A vulnerability was identified in Cisco ISO XR on ASR 9000 Series Router. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.

A remote user on the local network can send a stream of specially crafted Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets to cause the target network processor chip and traffic processing line card to lockup and reload.