CVE-2012-3062 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.7 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via MLD packets on Cisco IOS devices with MLD snooping 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-2012-3062?

CVE-2012-3062 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, when Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or device crash) via MLD packets on a network that contains many IPv6 hosts, aka Bug ID CSCtr88193.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3062?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3062?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3062 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-2012-3062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-62qx-cj8j-5j5q.

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