CVE-2013-1164 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ASR routers by sending fragmented IPv6 multicast packets when the MLRE feature is enabled.

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-2013-1164?

CVE-2013-1164 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 11 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS XE 3.4 before 3.4.4S, 3.5, and 3.6 on 1000 series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR) does not properly implement the Cisco Multicast Leaf Recycle Elimination (MLRE) feature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reload) via fragmented IPv6 multicast packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz97563.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1164?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Cisco Asr 1001, Cisco Asr 1002, Cisco Asr 1002-X, Cisco Asr 1004, Cisco Asr 1006, Cisco Asr 1013 and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1164 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-2013-1164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xe vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r6qj-7q64-h7gp.

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