# CVE-2012-4617: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers with BGP peer access can cause denial of service in Cisco IOS by sending malformed BGP attributes.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gmvh-96pj-qpf9

## What is CVE-2012-4617?

CVE-2012-4617 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 27 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The BGP implementation in Cisco IOS 15.2, IOS XE 3.5.xS before 3.5.2S, and IOS XR 4.1.0 through 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (multiple connection resets) by leveraging a peer relationship and sending a malformed attribute, aka Bug IDs CSCtt35379, CSCty58300, CSCtz63248, and CSCtz62914.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4617?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe, Cisco Ios Xr.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-4617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-4617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios

- [CVE-2017-12240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12240/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-3881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3881/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0167/): Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6736/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6737/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4617 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-4617 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 27 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios. 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-2012-4617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4617/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4617
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4617
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4617

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4617/
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