CVE-2013-1147 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a device reload via a specific TCP connection if Protocol Translation is configured, impacting network availability.

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-2013-1147?

CVE-2013-1147 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 28 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Protocol Translation (PT) functionality in Cisco IOS 12.3 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.3, when one-step port-23 translation or a Telnet-to-PAD ruleset is configured, does not properly validate TCP connection information, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a PT resource, aka Bug ID CSCtz35999.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1147?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1147?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1147 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-2013-1147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4p29-f3rw-9cmg.

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