8.6
CWE
400 185
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2020-3408: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Split DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability

First published: Thu Sep 24 2020(Updated: )

A vulnerability in the Split DNS feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability occurs because the regular expression (regex) engine that is used with the Split DNS feature of affected releases may time out when it processes the DNS name list configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by trying to resolve an address or hostname that the affected device handles. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Cisco IOS=15.8\(3\)m3
Cisco IOS XE=15.8\(3\)m3
Cisco 1100-4g Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100-4gltegb Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100-4gltena Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100-4p Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100-6g Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100-8p Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100-lte Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1100 Series Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1101-4p Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1101 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1109-2p
Cisco 1109-4p Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1109 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1111x-8p Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1111x Integrated Services Router
Cisco 111x Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1120 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 1160 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 4221 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 4331 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 4431 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 4451-X Integrated Services Router
Cisco 4441 Integrated Services Router
Cisco ASR 1000 series software
Cisco ASR 1001
Cisco ASR 1001-X
Cisco ASR 1002 Fixed Router
Cisco ASR 1002-X
Cisco ASR 1004
Cisco ASR 1006
Cisco ASR 1013
Cisco ASR 1001-HX
Cisco ASR 1001-HX-RF
Cisco ASR 1001-X
Cisco ASR 1001-X
Cisco ASR 1002-HX
Cisco ASR 1002-HX
Cisco ASR 1002-HX
Cisco ASR 1002-X
Cisco ASR 1002-X
Cisco Catalyst 9800-40
Cisco Catalyst 9800-80
Cisco Catalyst 9800-L
Cisco Catalyst 9800-L firmware
Cisco Catalyst 9800-L
Cisco Catalyst 9800-L
Cisco Catalyst C9200-24P
Cisco Catalyst C9200-24T
Cisco Catalyst C9200-48P
Cisco Catalyst C9200-48T
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24P-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24P-4X
Cisco catalyst c9200l-24pxg-2y
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24PXG-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24T-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24T-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48P-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48P-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48PXG-2Y
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48PXG-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48T-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9200L-48T-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9300-24P
Cisco Catalyst C9300-24S
Cisco Catalyst 9300-24T-A
Cisco Catalyst C9300-24U
Cisco Catalyst C9300-24UX
Cisco Catalyst C9300-48P
Cisco Catalyst C9300-48S
Cisco Catalyst C9300-48T
Cisco Catalyst 9300-48U
Cisco Catalyst C9300 Series
Cisco Catalyst C9300-48UXM
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-24P-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-24P-4X
Cisco Catalyst 9300L-24T-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-24T-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48P-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48P-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48T-4G
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48T-4X
Cisco Catalyst C9404R
Cisco Catalyst C9407R
Cisco Catalyst C9410R
Cisco Catalyst 9500
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series
Cisco Catalyst C9500-24Q
Cisco Catalyst C9500-24Y4C
Cisco Catalyst C9500-32C
Cisco Catalyst C9500-32QC
Cisco Catalyst 9500-40X-E
Cisco Catalyst C9500-48Y4C
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650-12X48UR
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3650 24 Port PoE Switch (WS-C3650-24PD)
Cisco Catalyst 3650-24PS
Cisco Catalyst 3650-24TD Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3650-24TS
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3650-48FQ Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3650-48FQM Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switch WS-C3650-48FS
Cisco Catalyst 3650-48PD
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches
Cisco WS-C3650-48PS
Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 48TQ
Cisco Catalyst 3650-48TS Switch
Cisco ws-c3650-8x24uq
Cisco Catalyst 3850
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch (model WS-C3850-12XS)
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3850
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3850-24XU
Cisco Catalyst 3850 48F Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3850 48 Port PoE Switch
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Cisco ws-c3850-48u
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches

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