CVE-2021-1440

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An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compromising the RPKI validator server and sending a specifically crafted RTR packet to an affected device. Alternatively, the attacker could use man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate the RPKI validator server and send a specifically crafted RTR response packet over the established RTR TCP connection to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition because the BGP process could constantly restart and BGP routing could become unstable.Cisco&nbsp;has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.This advisory is part of the September 2021 release of the Cisco&nbsp;IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see ."}], "references": [{"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-xrbgp-rpki-dos-gvmjqxbk", "name": "cisco-sa-xrbgp-rpki-dos-gvmjqxbk"}, {"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-xss-webui-gQLSFyPM", "name": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-xss-webui-gQLSFyPM</a></p><p>This advisory is part of the October 2021 release of the Cisco&nbsp;ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication. 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An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compromising the RPKI validator server and sending a specifically crafted RTR packet to an affected device. Alternatively, the attacker could use man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate the RPKI validator server and send a specifically crafted RTR response packet over the established RTR TCP connection to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition because the BGP process could constantly restart and BGP routing could become unstable.Cisco&nbsp;has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.This advisory is part of the September 2021 release of the Cisco&nbsp;IOS XR Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. 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Como alternativa, el atacante podr\u00eda utilizar t\u00e9cnicas de intermediario para hacerse pasar por el servidor validador de RPKI y enviar un paquete de respuesta RTR espec\u00edficamente manipulado a trav\u00e9s de la conexi\u00f3n TCP RTR establecida al dispositivo afectado. Una explotaci\u00f3n exitosa podr\u00eda permitir al atacante provocar una condici\u00f3n de DoS porque el proceso BGP podr\u00eda reiniciarse constantemente y el enrutamiento BGP podr\u00eda volverse inestable. Cisco ha publicado actualizaciones de software que solucionan esta vulnerabilidad. No existen workarounds que aborden esta vulnerabilidad. Este aviso es parte de la publicaci\u00f3n de septiembre de 2021 del paquete de avisos de seguridad del software Cisco IOS XR. 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