Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-0151)
Severity: critical · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-03-03 · CVE-2018-0151
A vulnerability in the quality of service (QoS) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. CISA added CVE-2018-0151 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 3, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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