CVE-2012-1367 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Route Processor in Cisco IOS by sending a malformed BGP UPDATE message, 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-2012-1367?

CVE-2012-1367 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 6 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MallocLite implementation in Cisco IOS 12.0, 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Route Processor crash) via a BGP UPDATE message with a modified local-preference (aka LOCAL_PREF) attribute length, aka Bug ID CSCtq06538.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1367?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1367?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1367 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-2012-1367 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1367 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-m43f-j6vc-v5jq.

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