CVE-2011-3283 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Metro subsystem of Cisco Carrier Routing System by sending fragmented GRE packets, causing a denial of service.

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-2011-3283?

CVE-2011-3283 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Carrier Routing System 3.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Metro subsystem crash) via a fragmented GRE packet, aka Bug ID CSCts14887.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Carrier Routing System.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-3283 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-2011-3283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mc73-q2vf-9vw5.

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