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High · 8.6 Public exploit CVE-2025-20115 EUVD-2025-7287GHSA-rp6p-7xx7-cr6f

Cisco IOS XR Software Border Gateway Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Mar 12, 2025 · Updated Mar 21, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

Vendor: Cisco Product: Cisco IOS XR Software Platform: iOS Category: Network devices

Description

A vulnerability in confederation implementation for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.

This vulnerability is due to a memory corruption that occurs when a BGP update is created with an AS_CONFED_SEQUENCE attribute that has 255 autonomous system numbers (AS numbers). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted BGP update message, or the network could be designed in such a manner that the AS_CONFED_SEQUENCE attribute grows to 255 AS numbers or more. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause memory corruption, which may cause the BGP process to restart, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must control a BGP confederation speaker within the same autonomous system as the victim, or the network must be designed in such a manner that the AS_CONFED_SEQUENCE attribute grows to 255 AS numbers or more.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software 6.5.3, 6.5.29, 6.5.1, 6.6.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.92, 6.5.15, 6.6.2, 7.0.1, 6.6.25, 6.5.26, 6.6.11, 6.5.25, 6.5.28, 6.5.93, 6.6.12, 6.5.90, 7.0.0, 7.1.1, 7.0.90, 6.6.3, 6.7.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.15, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.1.2, 6.7.2, 7.0.11, 7.0.12, 7.0.14, 7.1.25, 6.6.4, 7.2.12, 7.3.1, 7.1.3, 6.7.3, 7.4.1, 7.2.2, 6.7.4, 6… —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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