CVE-2013-5521 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can exhaust the guest account supply in Cisco Identity Services Engine, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2013-5521?
CVE-2013-5521 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco Identity Services Engine does not properly restrict the creation of guest accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exhaustion of the account supply) via a series of requests within one session, aka Bug ID CSCue94287.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5521?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Identity Services Engine Software.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5521?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5521 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-2013-5521 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5521 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x33p-qmp7-g8rf.