CVE-2020-3220
What it is
A vulnerability in the hardware crypto driver of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco 4300 Series Integrated Services Routers and Cisco Catalyst 9800-L Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disconnect legitimate IPsec VPN sessions to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient verification of authenticity of received Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tampering with ESP cleartext values as a man-in-the-middle.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-345
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.4.1
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.4.2
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.4.3
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.5.1
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.5.1a
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.5.1b
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.5.2
- Cisco iOS Xe 16.5.3
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-vpn-dos-edOmW28Z
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-vpn-dos-edOmW28Z