CVE-2012-1366 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a device reload on Cisco ASR 1000 routers by sending crafted MLD packets when IPv6 MLD tracking is 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-2012-1366?
CVE-2012-1366 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
Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY on ASR 1000 devices, when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) tracking is enabled for IPv6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted MLD packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz28544.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1366?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Cisco Asr 1001, Cisco Asr 1002, Cisco Asr 1002-X, Cisco Asr 1002 Fixed Router, Cisco Asr 1004, Cisco Asr 1006 and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1366?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1366 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-2012-1366 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1366 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
Sources
Also known as GHSA-722r-v4g4-4887.