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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED3 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·3/3/2022

CVE-2018-0155 added to CISA KEV: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches

Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild

Date added: 2022-03-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due date: 2022-03-17

Why this matters

A vulnerability in the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) offload implementation of Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash of the iosd process, causing a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

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