CVE-2011-2058 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a traffic storm and denial of service in Cisco IOS by exploiting improper handling of external loops in dot1x enabled ports.

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-2011-2058?

CVE-2011-2058 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 22 Oct 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The cat6000-dot1x component in Cisco IOS 12.2 before 12.2(33)SXI7 does not properly handle an external loop between a pair of dot1x enabled ports, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic storm) via unspecified vectors that trigger many unicast EAPoL Protocol Data Units (PDUs), aka Bug ID CSCtq36336.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2058?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2058?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2058 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-2011-2058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jrqh-4whq-6cjg.

Is CVE-2011-2058 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free