CVE-2013-5503 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via UDP packets due to memory not being freed in Cisco IOS XR.

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-2013-5503?

CVE-2013-5503 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 2 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The UDP process in Cisco IOS XR 4.3.1 does not free packet memory upon detecting full packet queues, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via UDP packets to listening ports, aka Bug ID CSCue69413.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5503?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5503?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5503 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-2013-5503 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rcf2-qf65-j8cp.

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