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Release Notes for the Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for the Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

Contents

Introduction

System Requirements

Memory Requirements

Hardware Supported

Software Compatibility

Determining the Software Version

SUP Backward Compatibility

Features Introduced in BWG 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

Features Introduced Before Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

Limitations and Restrictions

Caveats

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Related Documentation

Release-Specific Documents

Platform-Specific Documents

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines


Release Notes for the Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3


Published: July 15, 2010, OL-21495-03

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 is a special release that is based on Cisco IOS Release12.4. The Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 includes enhancements to the Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) feature. Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 is optimized for the Cisco 7600 Internet router platform with the Cisco SAMI card.

Contents

These release notes include important information and caveats for the Cisco BWG 2.3 software feature provided in Cisco IOS Release12.4(24)YG3 for the SAMI card on the Cisco 7600 Series Router platform.

Release notes for the Cisco 7600 Family for Release 12.4 can be found on Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/prod_release_notes_list.html

This release note includes the following topics:

Introduction

System Requirements

Memory Requirements

Hardware Supported

Software Compatibility

Features Introduced in BWG 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

Features Introduced Before Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

Limitations and Restrictions

Caveats

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Introduction

The Cisco BWG functions in the gateway role in WiMax Access Service Network. WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that offers high throughput broadband connections over long distances. WiMAX can be used for a number of applications, including "last mile" broadband connections, hotspots and cellular backhaul, fixed and mobile cellular service, and high-speed enterprise connectivity for business.

The Cisco BWG collocates both the Decision and Enforcement Points (DP and EP), and acts as an interface to the Base-stations in each Access Services Network (ASN).

The BWG is the key to the IP mobility scheme. It provides the termination of the mobility function across base-stations and the foreign agent function. The BWG maps the radio bearer to the IP network. It works with the CSN and the policy servers to control policy on behalf of the user. Additionally, it acts as an IP gateway for the IP host function that is located on the Base Station. The BWG brings together IP functions performed for the access network including end-to-end Quality of Service, Mobility and Security.

Cisco 7600 Series Router platform with a SAMI blade installed— Refer the following URL for installation and configuration information:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

The Supervisor module (Sup720-3BXL, SUP IOS Release 12.2(33)) on the 7600 supports IOS-SLB functionality, and is enhanced to support BWG selection capability.

A maximum of 8 blades can be supported per chassis.

The BWG can coexist with CSG2 and the HA on co-located blades.

Supervisor 720 is supported in both single mode and redundant mode. In the context of Supervisor 720, the 3B and 3BXL versions are supported, with the version 3BXL being tested and recommended.

The Supervisor 32 is also supported in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3.

System Requirements

The following sections list the BWG system requirements.

Memory Requirements

Hardware Supported

Software Compatibility

Memory Requirements

Table 1 shows the memory requirements for the BWG software feature set supported on the Cisco SAMI card on the Cisco 7600 Series Router platform.

Table 1 Memory Requirements BWG for the Cisco SAMI on the Cisco 7600 Internet Router

Platform
Software
Feature Set
Image Name (BWG, SUP, IOS)
Flash
Memory
Required
DRAM
Memory
Required
Runs
From
Cisco 7600 Internet Router

BWG Software Feature Set

SUP 720 3CXL, SUP 720-3BXL, RSP720-3C-GE, and RSP720-3CXL-GE SUP, IOS Release 12.2(33)

BWG Image: c7svcsami-w1ik9s-mz.124-24.YG3.bin

256 MB

1GByte per PPC

RAM


Hardware Supported

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 is optimized for the Cisco BWG feature on the SAMI card on the Cisco 7600 Series Router platform.

A Hardware-Software Compatibility Matrix is available on Cisco.com for users with Cisco.com login accounts. This matrix allows users to search for supported hardware components by entering a Cisco platform and IOS Release. The Hardware-Software Compatibility Matrix tool is available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/front.x/Support/HWSWmatrix/hwswmatrix.cgi

Software Compatibility

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 is a special release that is developed on Cisco IOS Release 12.4.

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 supports the same features that are in Cisco IOS Release 12.4, with the addition of the Cisco BWG feature.

Determining the Software Version

To determine the version of Cisco IOS software running on your router, log in to the router and enter the show version EXEC command.

SUP Backward Compatibility

The BWG Release 2.3 on the Cisco 7600 hardware platform requires SUP software version SRE. However, BWG Release 2.3 will also work with limited features with an earlier SUP software version SRD.

In order to make BWG 2.3 work with an earlier version of SUP-SRD, configure the following hidden CLI at the global configuration mode:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

router(config)# wimax agw sup-backward-compatible

Specifies that the BWG will work with an earlier version of the SRD Supervisor image.

With SUP-SRD, BWG Release 2.3 will primarily be used for Cisco-R6, PMIP, and other BWG1.x features.


Note If you use the SUP-SRD image, the following features in BWG Release 2.3 are not supported:


SLB Stickiness Support

NWG R6 in SLB-mode.

Features Introduced in BWG 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

The following features were introduced in BWG 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3:

Intersector controlled handoff.

Flow accounting starts after the subscriber gets the IP address correctly.

NULL Chargeable User Identity (CUI) attribute in the new access requests to authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server.

Features Introduced Before Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3

The following features were introduced and supported on the BWG prior to Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3:

Support for Proxy Mobile IPv4 (PMIPv4)

AAA-Based Hot-lining (CoA)

DSCP Marking

WiMAX NWG Specification (1.2.2) Compliance

Accounting Start Response

SLB Stickiness Support

AAA Packet of Disconnect Message (PoD)

AAA-based Static IP Address Provisioning

Lawful Intercept

Hitless Software Upgrade

Redundancy DHCP server

Host Based Accounting

Mobile to Mobile Traffic Steering

CAR/AAA Configuration

EAP Authentication

Security Key Exchange

IP Address Allocation using DHCP

Service Flow creation and Management

Qos Support

User Group Management

AAA Accounting Start/Stop/Interim

Un Predictive Handoff

KeepAlive Support on R6

Session Redundancy

Load Balancing

MIB Support

EAP and PAP authentication

Host behind Mobile Subscriber

Subscriber Session Caching

Maximum host overflow

Critical Service Flow

DHCP Release relay-only

MS Attachment Response delay

Multiple SLA support

De-registration reason in de-registration request

Static host support

Maintenance mode for user group

Support for service state AAA attribute

L2-L2 Bridging

Interim accounting update during handoff

PMIP Authenticated Network Identifier (PANI) as the Network Access Identifier (NAI)

PMIP DHCP proxy support for sending DNS and Default Gateway configuration from local configuration or from AAA server.

Limitations and Restrictions

This sections describes the limitations and restrictions that are applicable to the BWG feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3, along with workarounds to the same:.

To reduce the CPU usage during bootup, disable logging to the console terminal by configuring the no logging console global configuration command.

To ensure that the HSRP interface does not declare itself active until it is ready to process a peers Hello packets, configure the delay period before the initialization of HSRP groups with the standby delay minimum 100 reload 100 interface configuration command under the HRSP interface.

Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS software releases. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats; severity 2 caveats are less serious.

Caveats for Cisco IOS Releases 12.4 can be found on Cisco.com at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6441/prod_release_notes_list.html

The Open Caveats section lists open caveats that apply to the current release and might also apply to previous releases.

The Resolved Caveats section lists caveats resolved in a particular release, which may have been open in previous releases.


Note If you have an account with Cisco.com, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of any severity for any release. You can reach Bug Navigator II on Cisco.com at Software Center: Cisco IOS Software: Cisco Bug Toolkit: Cisco Bugtool Navigator II, or at http://www.cisco.com/support/bugtools.


Open Caveats

The following caveats are unresolved in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3:

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When a session with PPPoE host and IP host is cached and revived before session cache timeout, both the PPPoE and IP hosts are retained, although only the DHCP host has to be retained.

In the case of a static IP host, after a cached session is revived, the static IP host is deleted, and only the DHCP host is revived.

CSCsz68349

WiMAX modem ID not included in AAA messages.

For WiMAX wholesale PPPoE customers using the BWG bridging feature, some of the PPPoE tags are malformed. These malformed tags cause issues when connected to either an ASR-1000 as a BRAS, or a 7301 as an ISG LAC. Attributes circuit-id-tag, remote-id-tag, and formatted-clid added by the BWG bridging code are skipped because the length of the tag is zero. Because these attributes are not properly recognized by ISG or ASR, the generated AAA messages do not contain important information such as the identity of the WiMAX modem.

CSCsd34855

The VTP feature in certain versions of Cisco IOS software is vulnerable to a locally-exploitable buffer-overflow condition. This might result in the execution of arbitrary code. On September 13, 2006 Phenoelit Group posted an advisory containing the following vulnerabilities:

VTP Version field DoS

Integer Wrap in VTP revision

Buffer Overflow in VTP VLAN name

These vulnerabilities are addressed by the following Cisco IDs:

CSCsd52629/CSCsd34759 — VTP version field DoS

CSCse40078/CSCse47765 — Integer Wrap in VTP revision

CSCsd34855/CSCei54611 — Buffer Overflow in VTP VLAN name

An advisory on these vulnerabilities is posted at: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060913-vtp.shtml

To work around this issue, reload the card explicitly either from SUP or from LCP.

Resolved Caveats

The following caveats were resolved in BWG 2.3 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3:

CSCtg69847

In BWG 2.2, BWG disconnected new session while the AAA request was to disconnect a previous session. This occurred when the AAA server had more than one session ID for the same user, but only one session was active on BWG.

This scenario typically occurs when the following conditions are met:

1. An authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server allows more than one session ID for the same user.

2. The customer premises equipment (CPE) disconnects the session before getting the IP address, and the session remains in the AAA server.

3. The CPE establishes the connection again and gets a new session ID.

4. The new session is active in the BWG and this is the only session from the CPE.

CSCth67670

When an AAA server is enabled on a BWG, memory leak was observed in processor pool caused by the RADIUS, UGW Path Mgmt, and EAP Framework processes.

CSCtg09217

One or more processors in a SAMI card reported a data path health-monitoring failure to an IXP2800 on a SAMI card and the card got reloaded. A message similar to "PLATFORM-1-DP_HM_FAIL: Failed to receive response from IXP1" was displayed.

If a standby Cisco Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) was configured, the standby GGSN took over as ACTIVE.

CSCtg99042

The inter-BS handoff with WiMAX failed when BWG Release 2.x used inter-BS handoff where both the Serving Base Station (SBS) and Target Base Station (TBS) shared the same IP address. The SBS and TBS may share the same IP address when the SBS and TBS are different sectors of the same base station. The debug wimax agw command output showed that the Path Registration Request from the TBS is ignored.

Intersector controlled handoff was introduced in BWG 2.3.

CSCtg48937

BWG 2.2 sent duplicated WiMAX-BS-Id(46) in accounting stop messages.

CSCtg53328

BWG 2.2 sent account terminate cause=0 (zero) when the communication to the base station was lost.

CSCtg70521

In flow-accounting, framed-IP was not included in the accounting start (acct-start) record.

From BWG 2.3, the process of sending the accounting start message can be delayed by 3600 seconds.

CSCtg96617

BWG 2.2 sent garbage values in the Acct-Multi-Session-id field of the accounting requests. The RADIUS server discarded these packets.

CSCtg27890

BWG 2.0 and above failed when a DHCP start request (DISCOVER/REQUEST) was received in downstream direction.

CSCtc73759

The H.323 implementation in Cisco IOS Software contains two vulnerabilities that may be exploited remotely to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a device that is running a vulnerable version of Cisco IOS Software.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds to mitigate these vulnerabilities other than disabling H.323 on the vulnerable device.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-h323.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

CSCtd33567

The H.323 implementation in Cisco IOS Software contains two vulnerabilities that may be exploited remotely to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a device that is running a vulnerable version of Cisco IOS Software.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds to mitigate these vulnerabilities other than disabling H.323 on the vulnerable device.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-h323.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

CSCte14603

A vulnerability in the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 3 implementation of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a reload of an affected device. Repeated attempts to exploit this vulnerability could result in a sustained denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-igmp.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

CSCtd86472

The Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation functionality contains three denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities. The first vulnerability is in the translation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) packets, the second vulnerability in the translation of H.323 packets and the third vulnerability is in the translation of H.225.0 call signaling for H.323 packets.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-nat.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

CSCtf17624

The Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation functionality contains three denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities. The first vulnerability is in the translation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) packets, the second vulnerability in the translation of H.323 packets and the third vulnerability is in the translation of H.225.0 call signaling for H.323 packets.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-nat.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

CSCtf91428

The Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation functionality contains three denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities. The first vulnerability is in the translation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) packets, the second vulnerability in the translation of H.323 packets and the third vulnerability is in the translation of H.225.0 call signaling for H.323 packets.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-nat.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

CSCsz43987

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device when SIP operation is enabled.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds for devices that must run SIP; however, mitigations are available to limit exposure to the vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-sip.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) is affected by the vulnerabilities described in this advisory. Two separate Cisco Security Advisories have been published to disclose the vulnerabilities that affect the Cisco Unified Communications Manager at the following locations:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090826-cucm.shtml

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-cucm.shtml

CSCtf72678

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device when SIP operation is enabled.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds for devices that must run SIP; however, mitigations are available to limit exposure to the vulnerabilities.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-sip.shtml.

Note: The September 22, 2010, Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory bundled publication includes six Cisco Security Advisories. Five of the advisories address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software, and one advisory addresses vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Each advisory lists the releases that correct the vulnerability or vulnerabilities detailed in the advisory. The table at the following URL lists releases that correct all Cisco IOS Software vulnerabilities that have been published on September 22, 2010, or earlier:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-bundle.shtml

Individual publication links are in "Cisco Event Response: Semiannual Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication" at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/Cisco_ERP_sep10.html

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) is affected by the vulnerabilities described in this advisory. Two separate Cisco Security Advisories have been published to disclose the vulnerabilities that affect the Cisco Unified Communications Manager at the following locations:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090826-cucm.shtml

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100922-cucm.shtml

The following caveats were resolved in BWG 2.2 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG2:

CSCtg18686

While handling PMIP deregistration, BWG would crash. The crash occurred when BWG received repeated PoD requests from the RADIUS server.

CSCsz83159

FP emulation library (libgcc_math.c & libgcc_longlong.h) is removed from shr-ukernel.

CSCtc96608

On single IP applications, LCP failed to reload a SAMI card if the show gprs gtp pdp all command is run when two PPCs crashed simultaneously.

CSCtf71720

BWG Wimax subscribers were held in "Authorizing" state and the session was not cleared automatically.

When the Mobile Station (MS) or Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) made a re-entry from a second Base-Station before sending Pre-Attachment-Ack message to the first Base-Station, the wimax subscribers were held indefinitely in the following state:

FSM in state Authorizing(1) on last event Tx DeReg Req - Abort(37)

CSCtf70191

BWG crashed with process memory corruption while running R2.0 and R2.1 images. This happened when BWG received the AAA attribute "SLA Profile Cisco AVP" with no data from a RADIUS server during the authentication process.

CSCtf42298

A BWG that was a DHCP relay agent overwrote the source IP address with IP address 0.0.0.0 when the DHCPOFFER, DHCPACK, or DHCPNAK messages were sent. This caused some CPEs to drop the DHCPOFFER, DHCPACK, or DHCPNAK packets.

The following caveats were resolved in BWG 2.1 for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG1:

CSCtb80526

To avoid IP address conflicts, BWG should verify the host IP address against the interface IP addresses configured in the BWG.

CSCtc03432

During a CoA(hotlining) transition, BWG fails to send the Session-Continue attribute.

When BWG receives a CoA, an accounting stop and an accounting start message is sent to the AAA server with the Hotline indication attribute. A Session-Continue attribute (as defined in NWG) is not sent. Therefore, the AAA terminates the session after receiving the accounting stop message.

CSCtc88357

BWG ignores the results of uplink service flow reservation in the path registration response message (PATH_REG_RSP). Therefore, fails to deregister sessions.

When a base station (BS) sends a service-flow (downlink or uplink) reservation result with errors, for ISF or critical flows, the session should be deregistered. Currently, the BWG checks only the downlink service-flow reservation result for errors. As a result, if the uplink service flow reservation result contains errors, and the downlink service flow reservation result does not contain any error, the session is not deregistered.

CSCtd13909

BWG fails to disable user-group Subscriber Multi Host on an SMX modem in a WiMax setup.

CSCtb50391

The SR-standby BWG crashes while initiating authenticated calls.

When a user-name vendor specific attributes (VSA) is created on Access-Accept from AAA, the attribute synchronization to SR-standby may cause BWG to crash. However, when the SR-standby BWG re-starts, it successfully synchronizes with the SR- active and becomes operational.

CSCtb60441

BWG fails to set the correct value for account terminate cause parameter in an accounting stop message to AAA. For example, when a session is terminated by a PoD message (Packet of Disconnect Message) from AAA, BWG should set Acct-Terminate-Cause[49]=user-request in an accounting stop message to AAA.

CSCtb62797

BWG crashes when a large number of Proxy Mobile IP (PMIP) subscribers are cleared from BWG using the following commands:

clear wimax agw subscriber all

clear wimax agw subscriber user-group name <name>

clear wimax agw path <bs-ip>

To workaround this issue, avoid clearing large number of PMIP subscribers from BWG, and use the R6 Keepalive mechanism for BWG and BS to stay in sync.

CSCtb93137

User-group names are not consistently case-sensitive in BWG.

For example, when modifying the user-group configuration, the user-group name is case-insensitive. But, when matching the user-realm and user-group during authentication, the user-group name is case-sensitive.

For BWG 2.1 and later, the user-group name is not case sensitive.

CSCtd48195

While deploying CoA and hotlining, BWG sends malformed accounting packets to the AAA server when the CoA request does not have the hotline-indication attribute.

CSCtd48626

BWG 2.0 crashes while processing UDP packets in a WiMax environment when the registration request is replayed when the source base station and the target base station are same.

CSCtd57335

When the base station sends an error in service-flow reservation result for ISF or critical flows, the session should be de-registered. BWG fails to deregister sessions when the uplink service flow fails.

CSCsv62323

A vulnerability that exists in the Fast Ethernet driver code of UC520, Cisco 880 series, Cisco VG202, Cisco VG204, IAD2435-8FXS and Cisco 1861 routers may cause unexpected CPU errors. This vulnerability might also stop some of these routers from establishing L2TPv3 sessions.

CSCsz49741

Devices running Cisco IOS Software and configured for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) or Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) operation are affected by two denial of service vulnerabilities that may result in a device reload if successfully exploited. The vulnerabilities are triggered when the Cisco IOS device processes specific, malformed Skinny Call Control Protocol (SCCP) messages.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100324-cucme.shtml

CSCta00064

When SIP is enabled, IOS device might crash while processing an incoming SIP message.

CSCta33973

Recent versions of Cisco IOS Software support RFC4893 ("BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space") and contain two remote denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities when handling specific Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) updates.

These vulnerabilities affect only devices running Cisco IOS Software with support for four-octet AS number space (here after referred to as 4-byte AS number) and with BGP routing configured.

The first vulnerability could cause an affected device to reload when processing a BGP update that contains autonomous system (AS) path segments that are made up of more than one thousand autonomous systems.

The second vulnerability could cause an affected device to reload when the affected device processes a malformed BGP update that has been crafted to trigger this issue.

Cisco has released free software updates to address these vulnerabilities. This advisory is posted at:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090729-bgp.shtml

CSCta43662

Cisco IOS software crashes and reloads if the device receives a malformed ICMPv6 neighbor solicitation message, when IPV6 is active on one or more interfaces.

CSCtd40084

After a dynamic PMIP session is established and then closed, active BWG crashes if service wimax agw is configured immediately after unconfiguring it.

The following caveats were resolved in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG:

CSCsx07114

A vulnerability exists in Cisco IOS software where an unauthenticated attacker could bypass access control policies when the Object Groups for Access Control Lists (ACLs) feature is used. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability other than disabling the Object Groups for ACLs feature. This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-acl.shtml.

CSCsy54122

A vulnerability exists in Cisco IOS software where an unauthenticated attacker could bypass access control policies when the Object Groups for Access Control Lists (ACLs) feature is used. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability other than disabling the Object Groups for ACLs feature. This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-acl.shtml.

CSCsy15227

Cisco IOS Software configured with Authentication Proxy for HTTP(S), Web Authentication or the consent feature, contains a vulnerability that may allow an unauthenticated session to bypass the authentication proxy server or bypass the consent webpage.

There are no workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability.

This advisory is posted at the following link:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-auth-proxy.shtml

CSCsz38104

The H.323 implementation in Cisco IOS Software contains a vulnerability that can be exploited remotely to cause a device that is running Cisco IOS Software to reload. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds to mitigate the vulnerability apart from disabling H.323 if the device that is running Cisco IOS Software does not need to run H.323 for VoIP services. This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-h323.shtml.

CSCsx25880

A vulnerability exists in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) implementation in Cisco IOS Software that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device when the Cisco Unified Border Element feature is enabled. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. For devices that must run SIP there are no workarounds; however, mitigations are available to limit exposure of the vulnerability. This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-sip.shtml.

CSCsq24002

Cisco IOS Software contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause a Cisco IOS device to reload by remotely sending a crafted encryption packet. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-tls.shtml.

CSCsx70889

Cisco devices running affected versions of Cisco IOS Software are vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack if configured for IP tunnels and Cisco Express Forwarding.

Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20090923-tunnels.shtml.

Related Documentation

Except for feature modules, documentation is available in electronic form. Feature modules are available online on Cisco.com.

Use these release notes with these documents:

Release-Specific Documents

Platform-Specific Documents

Release-Specific Documents

Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) Feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 User Guide at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4y/12_4_24yg3/bwg_2_3/feature_guide/124x24yg3fg.html

Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) Feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3 Command Reference at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4y/12_4_24yg3/bwg_2_3/command_ref/bwg2_3_cr.html

Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) Feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG2 User Guide at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4y/12_4_24yg2/bwg_2_2/feature_guide/124x24yg2fg.html

Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) Feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG2 Command Reference at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4y/12_4_24yg2/bwg_2_2/command_ref/bwg2_2_cr.html

Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) Feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG User Guide at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4y/12_4_24yg/bwg_2_0/feature_guide/124xl5feat.html

Cisco Broadband Wireless Gateway (BWG) Feature in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG Command Reference at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4/12_4y/12_4_24yg/bwg_2_0/command_ref/bwg2_0_cr.html

Platform-Specific Documents

Cisco 7600 Series Router platform with a SAMI blade installed—Please refer to the following URL for installation and configuration information:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps368/prod_installation_guides_list.html

The Supervisor module (Sup720-3BXL, SUP IOS Release 12.2(33)) on the 7600 supports IOS-SLB functionality, and is enhanced to support BWG selection capability.

A maximum of 8 blades can be supported per chassis.

The BWG can coexist with CSG2 and the Mobile Wireless Home Agent on colocated blades.

The Supervisor 720 is supported, in both single and redundant mode. For the Supervisor 720, the 3B and 3BXL versions are supported, with the 3BXL being tested and recommended.

The Supervisor 32 is also supported in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(24)YG3.

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html