CVE-2012-5032 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass authentication in Cisco IOS Flex-VPN to redirect or discard VPN traffic by joining the cluster.

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-2012-5032?

CVE-2012-5032 is a medium-severity authentication bypass 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

The Flex-VPN load-balancing feature in the ipsec-ikev2 implementation in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY3 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to trigger the forwarding of VPN traffic to an attacker-controlled destination, or the discarding of this traffic, by arranging for an arbitrary device to become a cluster member, aka Bug ID CSCub93641.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5032?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5032?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5032 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2012-5032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qpqj-275w-f6mr.

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