CVE-2012-3919 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service and module reboot in Cisco ACE modules by sending specific application traffic that triggers incorrect memory access.

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-2012-3919?

CVE-2012-3919 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) module 3.0 for Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco routers does not properly monitor Load Balancer (LB) queues, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect memory access and module reboot) via application traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtw70879.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3919?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Application Control Engine Module.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3919?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3919 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-2012-3919 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3919 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vmf7-g928-8j2x.

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