CVE-2012-1317 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Route Processor in Cisco IOS by sending high-rate multicast 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-2012-1317?

CVE-2012-1317 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 23 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The multicast implementation in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Route Processor crash) by sending packets at a high rate, aka Bug ID CSCts37717.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1317?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1317 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-2012-1317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gqfg-3rx8-3r6p.

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