Severity
High
Analysis Summary
The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of incoming DHCP traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted DHCP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a restart of the DHCP server process, causing a DoS condition.
Impact
Denial of service
Affected Vendors
Cisco
Affected Products
Cisco Prime Network Registrar
Remediation
Refer to Cisco’s advisory for the list of affected products and upgraded patches.