CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2017-3824 — Cisco Ios Xe security vulnerability
A vulnerability in the handling of list headers in Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Routers running vulnerable versions of Cisco IOS XE are affected. More Information: CSCux40637. Known Affected Releases: 15.5(3)S 15.6(1)S. Known Fixed Releases: 15.5(3)S2 15.6(1)S1 15.6(2)S 15.6(2)SP 16.4(1).
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (3.0)
- Published
- 2017-02-03
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.16.0
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.16.1
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.17.0
Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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