CVE-2020-3510

Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9200 Series Switches Umbrella Connector Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Sep 24, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the Umbrella Connector component of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload, resulting in a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when parsing DNS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious DNS requests to an Umbrella Connector client interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, which triggers a reload of the affected device.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-24781 A vulnerability in the Umbrella Connector component of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload, resulting in a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient error handling when parsing DNS requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious DNS requests to an Umbrella Connector client interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, which triggers a reload of the affected device.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Cisco Catalyst C9200-24p Catalyst C9200-24t Catalyst C9200-48p Catalyst C9200-48t Catalyst C9200l-24p-4g Catalyst C9200l-24p-4x Catalyst C9200l-24pxg-2y Catalyst C9200l-24pxg-4x Catalyst C9200l-24t-4g Catalyst C9200l-24t-4x Catalyst C9200l-48p-4g Catalyst C9200l-48p-4x Catalyst C9200l-48pxg-2y Catalyst C9200l-48pxg-4x Catalyst C9200l-48t-4g Catalyst C9200l-48t-4x Catalyst C9300-24p Catalyst C9300-24s Catalyst C9300-24t Catalyst C9300-24u Catalyst C9300-24ux Catalyst C9300-48p Catalyst C9300-48s Catalyst C9300-48t Catalyst C9300-48u Catalyst C9300-48un Catalyst C9300-48uxm Catalyst C9300l-24p-4g Catalyst C9300l-24p-4x Catalyst C9300l-24t-4g Catalyst C9300l-24t-4x Catalyst C9300l-48p-4g Catalyst C9300l-48p-4x Catalyst C9300l-48t-4g Catalyst C9300l-48t-4x Catalyst C9404r Catalyst C9407r Catalyst C9410r Catalyst C9500-12q Catalyst C9500-16x Catalyst C9500-24q Catalyst C9500-24y4c Catalyst C9500-32c Catalyst C9500-32qc Catalyst C9500-40x Catalyst C9500-48y4c Catalyst C9600-lc-24c Catalyst C9600-lc-48s Catalyst C9600-lc-48tx Catalyst C9600-lc-48yl Ios Xe
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2024, 6:00 PM
Reserved
Dec 12, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 24, 2020, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:18 AM