CVE-2013-1210 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1210?

CVE-2013-1210 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 29 May 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Array index error in the Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) kernel driver for VMware ESXi in Cisco NX-OS on the Nexus 1000V, when STUN debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ESXi crash and purple screen of death) by sending crafted STUN packets to a VEM, aka Bug ID CSCud14825.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1210?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Nx-Os.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1210?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1210 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-2013-1210 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1210 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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