CVE-2019-1849

Cisco IOS XR Software BGP MPLS-Based EVPN Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 16, 2019 at 01:20 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xr

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Patrol (BGP) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based Ethernet VPN (EVPN) implementation of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when the affected software processes specific EVPN routing information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious traffic patterns into the targeted EVPN network. A successful exploit could result in a crash of the l2vpn_mgr process on Provider Edge (PE) device members of the same EVPN instance (EVI). On each of the affected devices, a crash could lead to system instability and the inability to process or forward traffic through the device, resulting in a DoS condition that would require manual intervention to restore normal operating conditions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.1.0 ≤ v < 6.3.36.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.26.5.0 ≤ v < 6.5.26.6.0 ≤ v < 6.6.1
Affected range stops below 6.3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.4HIGHcisco
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-754

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