CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-17901

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

ZyXEL P-660HW v3 devices are vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack that can be executed by flooding the device with IP packets having a TTL of 1, leading to high CPU consumption.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely disrupt access to the device, potentially causing service outages within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor network traffic and implement packet filtering to minimize the risk of DoS attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

ZyXEL P-660HW v3 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of IP packets with a TTL of 1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS