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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-20209

Change History

New CVE Received from Cisco Systems, Inc. 3/12/2025 12:15:22 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

								
							
							
						
A vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) function of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to prevent an affected device from processing any control plane UDP packets. 

This vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed IKEv2 packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to prevent the affected device from processing any control plane UDP packets, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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-xrike-9wYGpRGq