CVE-2013-1136 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local users can crash the route processor by creating multiple tunnels and checking encryption statistics, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-1136?

CVE-2013-1136 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 13 May 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The crypto engine process in Cisco IOS on Aggregation Services Router (ASR) Route Processor 2 does not properly manage memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (route processor crash) by creating multiple tunnels and then examining encryption statistics, aka Bug ID CSCuc52193.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1136?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1136?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1136 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-2013-1136 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1136 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-858m-2vf7-cgmq.

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