CVE-2011-4007 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Cisco IOS devices by sending crafted network traffic that triggers MPLS fragmentation or reassembly errors.
- 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-2011-4007?
CVE-2011-4007 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, 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 IOS 15.0 and 15.1 and IOS XE 3.x do not properly handle the "set mpls experimental imposition" command, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via network traffic that triggers (1) fragmentation or (2) reassembly, aka Bug ID CSCtr56576.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4007?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2011-4007?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4007 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-2011-4007 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4007 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpxw-h4r4-3xjx.