CVE-2011-0949 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via disk consumption by exploiting improper removal of SSH lock files in Cisco IOS XR.

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-2011-0949?

CVE-2011-0949 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 31 May 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS XR 3.6.x, 3.8.x before 3.8.3, and 3.9.x before 3.9.1 does not properly remove sshd_lock files from /tmp/, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by making many SSHv1 connections, aka Bug ID CSCtd64417.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0949?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0949 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-2011-0949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2j4h-p58q-g7mp.

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