CVE-2012-0387 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted HTTP traffic in Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall, requiring HTTP inspection to be enabled.

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-2012-0387?

CVE-2012-0387 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 HTTP Inspection Engine feature in the Zone-Based Firewall in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device reload) via crafted transit HTTP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtq36153.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0387?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0387?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0387 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-2012-0387 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7p35-v6xq-2524.

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