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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-20141

Change History

New CVE Received from Cisco Systems, Inc. 3/12/2025 12:15:21 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

								
							
							
						
A vulnerability in the handling of specific packets that are punted from a line card to a route processor in Cisco IOS XR Software Release 7.9.2 could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause control plane traffic to stop working on multiple Cisco IOS XR platforms. 

This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of packets that are punted to the route processor. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic, which must be handled by the Linux stack on the route processor, to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause control plane traffic to stop working, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
CWE-770
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://blog.apnic.net/2024/09/02/crafting-endless-as-paths-in-bgp/
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-xr792-bWfVDPY