CVE-2010-3035: Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Vendor
Cisco
Product
IOS XR
Added to the catalog
2022-03-25
Due date for US federal agencies
2022-04-15
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Cisco IOS XR, when BGP is the configured routing feature, allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS).

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2010-08-30T21:00:12.203
Last modified
2026-06-16T23:22:00.630
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.9.1, when BGP is enabled, does not properly handle unrecognized transitive attributes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peering reset) via a crafted prefix announcement, as demonstrated in the wild in August 2010 with attribute type code 99, aka Bug ID CSCti62211.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.05MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P[email protected] (Primary)

References

  • http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2010-August/024837.html (Mailing List)
  • http://osvdb.org/67696 (Broken Link)
  • http://secunia.com/advisories/41190 (Broken Link)
  • http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b4411f.shtml (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024371 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2227 (Broken Link)
  • https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61443 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
  • http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2010-August/024837.html (Mailing List)
  • http://osvdb.org/67696 (Broken Link)
  • http://secunia.com/advisories/41190 (Broken Link)
  • http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b4411f.shtml (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024371 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2227 (Broken Link)
  • https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61443 (VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory)
  • https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-3035 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner
cisco
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2010-08-30T20:00:00.000Z
Updated
2026-01-12T20:41:35.367Z
Problem types
n/a

Cisco IOS XR 3.4.0 through 3.9.1, when BGP is enabled, does not properly handle unrecognized transitive attributes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (peering reset) via a crafted prefix announcement, as demonstrated in the wild in August 2010 with attribute type code 99, aka Bug ID CSCti62211.

References

  • ciscoiosxr-bgp-packet-dos(61443)
  • 1024371
  • 20100827 Cisco IOS XR Software Border Gateway Protocol Vulnerability
  • [nanog] 20100827 Did your BGP crash today?
  • 41190
  • ADV-2010-2227
  • 67696

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Sources and licences

  • CISA

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2010-3035: Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-68704bb7a3af, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2010-3035 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-16T23:22:00.630.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-01-12T20:41:35.367Z.

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