CVE-2013-1181 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Nexus devices by sending jumbo packets to the management interface.
- 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-2013-1181?
CVE-2013-1181 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 25 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 5500 devices 4.x and 5.x before 5.0(3)N2(2), Nexus 3000 devices 5.x before 5.0(3)U3(2), and Unified Computing System (UCS) 6200 devices before 2.0(1w) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending a jumbo packet to the management interface, aka Bug IDs CSCtx17544, CSCts10593, and CSCtx95389.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1181?
It affects 12 products.
Products include Cisco Nexus 3016q, Cisco Nexus 3048, Cisco Nexus 3064t, Cisco Nexus 3064x, Cisco Nexus 3548, Cisco Nexus 5548p and 6 more.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1181?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1181 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-2013-1181 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1181 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fhgx-fprj-xm5c.