CVE-2012-5014 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can crash Cisco IOS devices by manipulating SSH session states, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-5014?
CVE-2012-5014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 23 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS before 15.1(2)SY allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by establishing an SSH session from a client and then placing this client into a (1) slow or (2) idle state, aka Bug ID CSCto87436.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5014?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5014?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5014 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-2012-5014 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5014 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-62gq-fgjf-fhcv.