CVE-2013-5553 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS devices by sending crafted SIP messages, leading to memory consumption or device reload.
- 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-2013-5553?
CVE-2013-5553 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 8 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in Cisco IOS 15.1 before 15.1(4)M7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device reload) by sending a crafted SIP message over (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6, aka Bug IDs CSCuc42558 and CSCug25383.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5553?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5553?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5553 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-2013-5553 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5553 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios
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- CVE-2017-3881 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86p4-r53w-954v.