# CVE-2012-4097: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco NX-OS BGP services by sending malformed UPDATE messages due to improper filtering of AS path segment types.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2013
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g3hh-9qch-qq27

## What is CVE-2012-4097?

CVE-2012-4097 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 14 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The BGP implementation in Cisco NX-OS does not properly filter segment types in AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (BGP service reset) via a malformed UPDATE message, aka Bug ID CSCtn13043.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Nx-Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-4097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-4097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os

- [CVE-2024-20399](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20399/): Cisco NX-OS Command Injection (medium 6.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-1361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1361/): Cisco NX-OS Software Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Actions Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0301/): Memory corruption in Cisco NX-OS unknown (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1453/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-1341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1341/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-4097 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 14 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Nx-Os. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4097

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