Vulnerability record

CVE-2018-0180

Cisco IOS Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Severity: ElevatedExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run IOS Software, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Mar 17, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Login Enhancements (Login Block) feature of Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a reload of an affected system, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. These vulnerabilities affect Cisco devices that are running Cisco IOS Software Release 15.4(2)T, 15.4(3)M, or 15.4(2)CG and later. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCuy32360, CSCuz60599.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
IOSCisco15.3\(00.00.19\)sy; 15.4\(01\)ia001.100; 15.6\(01.22\)t; 15.4\(03\)m4.1; 15.4\(2\)cg; 15.4\(2\)tNVD
IOS SoftwareCisco—KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2018-0180 scored CVSS 5.9: Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS Software Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched IOS Software systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0180
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103556
  • tools.cisco.com https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-slogin
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0180