CVE-2001-0863 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco 12000 routers by flooding fragments when Turbo ACLs with fragment keywords are configured.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2001-0863?

CVE-2001-0863 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 does not handle the "fragment" keyword in a compiled ACL (Turbo ACL) for packets that are sent to the router, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of fragments.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0863?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco 12000 Router.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0863?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0863 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2001-0863 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0863 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-75g3-r7pf-rpc4.

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