CVE-2013-1217 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by sending concurrent SNMP requests, requiring a patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-1217?
CVE-2013-1217 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 24 Apr 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The generic input/output control implementation in Cisco IOS does not properly manage buffers, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending many SNMP requests at the same time, aka Bug ID CSCub41105.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1217?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1217?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1217 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-2013-1217 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1217 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
- CVE-2017-12240 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-3881 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mgqg-xvrc-g53m.