CVE-2013-5513 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a device reload via crafted TCP DNS packets when the DNS ALPI engine is enabled for TCP.
- 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-2013-5513?
CVE-2013-5513 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software, published on 13 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 8.2.x before 8.2(5.46), 8.3.x before 8.3(2.39), 8.4.x before 8.4(7), 8.5.x before 8.5(1.18), 8.6.x before 8.6(1.12), 8.7.x before 8.7(1.7), 9.0.x before 9.0(3.3), and 9.1.x before 9.1(1.8), when the DNS ALPI engine is enabled for TCP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted TCP DNS packets, aka Bug ID CSCug03975.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5513?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5513?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5513 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-2013-5513 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5513 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-775m-76vr-9p95.