A vulnerability in the implementation of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Link State Advertisement (LSA) functionality in Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a memory error in OSPF. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted OSPF LSA update to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the OSPF process to restart when the crafted OSPF LSA update is received, resulting in a DoS condition. Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160928-ospf
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| Version | Description | Section | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Initial public release. | - | Final | 2016-September-28 |
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