CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-20694

Reachable Assertion

Published: Apr 15, 2022 | Modified: Apr 27, 2022
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the implementation of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process to crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of a specific RPKI to Router (RTR) Protocol packet header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by compromising the RPKI validator server and sending a specifically crafted RTR packet to an affected device. Alternatively, the attacker could use man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate the RPKI validator server and send a crafted RTR response packet over the established RTR TCP connection to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition because the BGP process could constantly restart and BGP routing could become unstable.

Weakness

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.2s 3.13.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.6s 3.10.6s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.6s 3.13.6s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.14.4s 3.14.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.2ts 3.7.2ts
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.1cs 3.15.1cs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.4s 3.13.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.2.1 16.2.1
Ios_xe Cisco 16.1.3 16.1.3
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.0s 3.13.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.2s 3.18.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.1.2 16.1.2
Ios_xe Cisco 3.8.0s 3.8.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.17.3s 3.17.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.0s 3.16.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.8.1s 3.8.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.14.1s 3.14.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.1s 3.7.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.12.2s 3.12.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4s 3.16.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.5s 3.10.5s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.8s 3.10.8s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.9.0as 3.9.0as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.9.1as 3.9.1as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.1s 3.10.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.9.0s 3.9.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.17.1as 3.17.1as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.2s 3.10.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.2asp 3.18.2asp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.3s 3.18.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.0as 3.18.0as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.4as 3.7.4as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.0bs 3.7.0bs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.2s 3.16.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.9.2s 3.9.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.0cs 3.16.0cs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.5s 3.13.5s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.1as 3.7.1as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.11.2s 3.11.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.0s 3.15.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.5as 3.13.5as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.14.3s 3.14.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.3sp 3.18.3sp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.1 16.6.1
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1sp 3.18.1sp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.17.4s 3.17.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.17.2s 3.17.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.1xbs 3.10.1xbs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.6s 3.7.6s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.11.3s 3.11.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.3s 3.15.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.2ts 3.10.2ts
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.3s 3.10.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.6s 3.16.6s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.14.0s 3.14.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.5s 3.16.5s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.7s 3.10.7s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.7s 3.7.7s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.1s 3.16.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.7as 3.13.7as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.11.0s 3.11.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.12.0as 3.12.0as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.9.1s 3.9.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.1s 3.15.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.1.1 16.1.1
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1bsp 3.18.1bsp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.0xas 3.7.0xas
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.0s 3.7.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1csp 3.18.1csp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.0s 3.18.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.0s 3.10.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.8.2s 3.8.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.17.0s 3.17.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4ds 3.16.4ds
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.3s 3.16.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.4s 3.7.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.17.1s 3.17.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.2sp 3.18.2sp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.2s 3.15.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.8as 3.10.8as
Ios_xe Cisco 16.4.1 16.4.1
Ios_xe Cisco 3.14.2s 3.14.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.4s 3.15.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.2bs 3.16.2bs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.1as 3.16.1as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1s 3.18.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.12.0s 3.12.0s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.12.1s 3.12.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.12.4s 3.12.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.2.2 16.2.2
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.0sp 3.18.0sp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.3as 3.16.3as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.5s 3.7.5s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4as 3.16.4as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.3s 3.13.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.2s 3.7.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.6as 3.13.6as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4bs 3.16.4bs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.2as 3.13.2as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.11.4s 3.11.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.0as 3.13.0as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.12.3s 3.12.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.3s 3.7.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.1 16.3.1
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.1s 3.13.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.4s 3.10.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.2as 3.16.2as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1asp 3.18.1asp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.11.1s 3.11.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.8s 3.13.8s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.1a 16.3.1a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.2 16.3.2
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.3 16.3.3
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.6bs 3.16.6bs
Ios_xe Cisco 16.5.1 16.5.1
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.7s 3.13.7s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.9s 3.10.9s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.5.1a 16.5.1a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.4 16.3.4
Ios_xe Cisco 16.5.1b 16.5.1b
Ios_xe Cisco 16.4.2 16.4.2
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.9s 3.13.9s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.5b 16.3.5b
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.6 16.3.6
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.3 16.6.3
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1 16.8.1
Ios_xe Cisco 16.7.1 16.7.1
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.2 16.6.2
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.1 16.9.1
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4gs 3.16.4gs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4cs 3.16.4cs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.5bs 3.16.5bs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.4es 3.16.4es
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.5 16.3.5
Ios_xe Cisco 16.5.2 16.5.2
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.5as 3.16.5as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.0bs 3.16.0bs
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1a 16.8.1a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1s 16.8.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1b 16.8.1b
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.2 16.8.2
Ios_xe Cisco 16.7.2 16.7.2
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1d 16.8.1d
Ios_xe Cisco 16.7.3 16.7.3
Ios_xe Cisco 16.7.1a 16.7.1a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.7.1b 16.7.1b
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1c 16.8.1c
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.1e 16.8.1e
Ios_xe Cisco 16.4.3 16.4.3
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.3asp 3.18.3asp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1isp 3.18.1isp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.1s 16.9.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.7as 3.16.7as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1gsp 3.18.1gsp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.4s 3.18.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.7s 3.16.7s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.1c 16.9.1c
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.3bsp 3.18.3bsp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.1b 16.9.1b
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.7bs 3.16.7bs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.4sp 3.18.4sp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.5.3 16.5.3
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.1hsp 3.18.1hsp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.7 16.3.7
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.8 16.3.8
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.1d 16.9.1d
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.10s 3.13.10s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.2as 3.10.2as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.13.6bs 3.13.6bs
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.4s 16.6.4s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.10s 3.10.10s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.4 16.6.4
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.5sp 3.18.5sp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.8s 3.16.8s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.0as 3.16.0as
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1 16.10.1
Ios_xe Cisco 16.7.4 16.7.4
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.1a 16.9.1a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.2a 16.9.2a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.2 16.9.2
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.4a 16.6.4a
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.8s 3.7.8s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.10s 3.16.10s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.5 16.6.5
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1s 16.10.1s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1d 16.10.1d
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.2s 16.9.2s
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.9s 3.16.9s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.6 16.6.6
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.3h 16.9.3h
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.5b 16.6.5b
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.5a 16.6.5a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.9 16.3.9
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.3a 16.9.3a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1a 16.10.1a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1f 16.10.1f
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1g 16.10.1g
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.2 16.10.2
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.3 16.9.3
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1e 16.10.1e
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1b 16.10.1b
Ios_xe Cisco 16.8.3 16.8.3
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.3s 16.9.3s
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.1c 16.10.1c
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.6sp 3.18.6sp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.4 16.9.4
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.7a 16.6.7a
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.4c 16.9.4c
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.7sp 3.18.7sp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.7 16.6.7
Ios_xe Cisco 16.10.3 16.10.3
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.10 16.3.10
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.5 16.9.5
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.5f 16.9.5f
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.8 16.6.8
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.8sp 3.18.8sp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.9 16.6.9
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.8asp 3.18.8asp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.3.11 16.3.11
Ios_xe Cisco 3.15.1xbs 3.15.1xbs
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.6 16.9.6
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.10as 3.16.10as
Ios_xe Cisco 3.7.0xbs 3.7.0xbs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.9.0xas 3.9.0xas
Ios_xe Cisco 3.10.1xcs 3.10.1xcs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.11.5e 3.11.5e
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.10bs 3.16.10bs
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.9sp 3.18.9sp
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.7 16.9.7
Ios_xe Cisco 3.18.10sp 3.18.10sp
Ios_xe Cisco 3.16.10cs 3.16.10cs
Ios_xe Cisco 16.6.10 16.6.10
Ios_xe Cisco 16.9.8 16.9.8
Ios_xe Cisco 17.6.1w 17.6.1w

Extended Description

While assertion is good for catching logic errors and reducing the chances of reaching more serious vulnerability conditions, it can still lead to a denial of service. For example, if a server handles multiple simultaneous connections, and an assert() occurs in one single connection that causes all other connections to be dropped, this is a reachable assertion that leads to a denial of service.

Potential Mitigations

References