CVE-2012-0383 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco IOS devices via crafted SIP packets exploiting a memory leak in the NAT feature.
- 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-2012-0383?
CVE-2012-0383 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 29 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the NAT feature in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, and 15.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and device hang or reload) via SIP packets that require translation, related to a "memory starvation vulnerability," aka Bug ID CSCti35326.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0383?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0383?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0383 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-2012-0383 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0383 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-fhr5-wq74-m4f9.