CVE-2013-5545 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS XE ASR devices by sending excessive PPTP packets over NAT.
- 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-2013-5545?
CVE-2013-5545 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 31 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PPTP ALG implementation in Cisco IOS XE 3.9 before 3.9.2S on 1000 ASR devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending many PPTP packets over NAT, aka Bug ID CSCuh19936.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5545?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Cisco Asr 1001, Cisco Asr 1002, Cisco Asr 1002-X, Cisco Asr 1004, Cisco Asr 1006, Cisco Asr 1023 Router and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5545 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-2013-5545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xe
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2r8v-24rx-6584.