Cisco IOS XE Software Secure Copy Protocol Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) server feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of a malformed SCP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted command through SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workaround…
- Scope: At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco IOS XE Software if the SCP server feature was enabled.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. However, as a mitigation, administrators may disable the SCP server feature with the privilege EXEC CLI configuration command no ip scp server enable.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source
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