# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wpxw-h4r4-3xjx

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4007?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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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- [CVE-2017-12240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12240/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
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- [CVE-2017-6736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6736/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6737/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-4007 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4007/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4007/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4007
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4007
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4007

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4007/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.