CVE-2013-1242 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 10 May 2013 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco Unified Presence via malformed TCP packets, leading to memory consumption.

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-2013-1242?

CVE-2013-1242 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in the web framework in the server in Cisco Unified Presence (CUP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via malformed TCP packets, aka Bug ID CSCug38080.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1242?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unified Presence Server.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1242 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-2013-1242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8xwv-54r7-jg42.