CVE-2018-15373

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the implementation of Cisco Discovery Protocol functionality could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to exhaust memory on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper memory handling by the affected software when it processes high rates of Cisco Discovery Protocol packets sent to a device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of Cisco Discovery Protocol packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust memory on the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.