CVE-2009-2055 (GCVE-0-2009-2055)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-08-19 17:00
Modified
2025-10-22 00:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session reset) via a BGP UPDATE message with an invalid attribute, as demonstrated in the wild on 17 August 2009.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-03-25

Due date: 2022-04-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2055

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