FKIE_CVE-2009-2055

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-19 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:08
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session reset) via a BGP UPDATE message with an invalid attribute, as demonstrated in the wild on 17 August 2009.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttp://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2009-August/012719.htmlMailing List
psirt@cisco.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1022739Broken Link
psirt@cisco.comhttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af150f.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2009-August/012719.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1022739Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080af150f.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-2055US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cisco ios_xr 3.4
cisco ios_xr 3.4.0
cisco ios_xr 3.4.1
cisco ios_xr 3.4.2
cisco ios_xr 3.4.3
cisco ios_xr 3.5
cisco ios_xr 3.5.2
cisco ios_xr 3.5.3
cisco ios_xr 3.5.4
cisco ios_xr 3.6.0
cisco ios_xr 3.6.1
cisco ios_xr 3.6.2
cisco ios_xr 3.6.3
cisco ios_xr 3.7.0
cisco ios_xr 3.7.1
cisco ios_xr 3.7.2
cisco ios_xr 3.7.3
cisco ios_xr 3.8.0
cisco ios_xr 3.8.1
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