CVE-2010-4684 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Cisco IOS devices via TFTP over IPv6 when specific debugging is enabled, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2010-4684?

CVE-2010-4684 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 7 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA1, when certain TFTP debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a TFTP copy over IPv6, aka Bug ID CSCtb28877.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4684?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4684?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4684 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-2010-4684 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4684 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-773m-r8xm-r4mq.

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