CVE-2024-20314

Summary

CVE-2024-20314 is a denial-of-service vulnerability impacting the IPv4 Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) fabric edge node feature of Cisco IOS XE Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending malicious IPv4 packets, leading to high CPU utilization and traffic processing disruption. The vulnerability arises due to the software's improper handling of specific IPv4 packets, potentially causing the device to exhaust its CPU resources and cease processing traffic, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

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