CVE-2013-1246 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 31 May 2013 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service by establishing multiple SSH connections, leading to memory consumption and service outage.

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-2013-1246?

CVE-2013-1246 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco TelePresence System Software does not properly handle inactive t-shell sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and service outage) by establishing multiple SSH connections, aka Bug ID CSCug77610.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1246?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Telepresence System Software.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1246?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1246 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-2013-1246 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1246 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4xr6-h4x7-4vvw.