PT-2018-3841 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2018-03-28 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-0179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS Software versions 15.4(2)T through 15.4(3)M Cisco IOS Software version 15.4(2)CG and later

Description The issue is related to resource management errors in the Login Enhancements (Login Block) feature of Cisco IOS Software. It may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by triggering a reload of the affected system.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS Software versions 15.4(2)T through 15.4(3)M, update to a fixed version to resolve the issue. For Cisco IOS Software version 15.4(2)CG and later, update to a fixed version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Login Enhancements (Login Block) feature until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-06089

CVE-2018-0179

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0179 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180328-slogin · Vendor Advisory
• https://cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-20180328-slogin.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-06089 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103556 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140652 · Telegram Post
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0179 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note
• https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv · Note