SB2022092838 - Denial of service in Cisco Catalyst 9000 DHCP TLV caching feature



SB2022092838 - Denial of service in Cisco Catalyst 9000 DHCP TLV caching feature

Published: September 28, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022092838
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20847)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when handling DHCP messages with enabled DHCP TLV caching feature. A remote attacker can send specially crafted DHCP messages to the device and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.