CVE-2013-5498 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted packets in Cisco IOS XR PPTP-ALG, requiring network administrators to apply patches.
- 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-2013-5498?
CVE-2013-5498 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 27 Sep 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PPTP-ALG component in CRS Carrier Grade Services Engine (CGSE) and ASR 9000 Integrated Service Module (ISM) in Cisco IOS XR allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (module reset) via crafted packet streams, aka Bug ID CSCue91963.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5498?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xr.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5498?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5498 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-2013-5498 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5498 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-3118 Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String
- CVE-2020-3569 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2020-3566 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2010-3035 Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service
- CVE-2022-20821 Cisco IOS XR Open Port
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c462-7vqc-j6jq.