CVE-2012-5427 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Cisco IOS Unified Border Element by sending crafted RTCP packets.

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-2012-5427?

CVE-2012-5427 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 Unified Border Element (CUBE) in Cisco IOS before 15.3(2)T allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (input queue wedge) via a crafted series of RTCP packets, aka Bug ID CSCuc42518.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5427?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5427 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-2012-5427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pvfx-hv6c-5qmx.

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