CVE-2013-5562 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 6 Nov 2013 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause a temporary HTTP service outage in Cisco Prime Central for HCS by flooding TCP packets.

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-2013-5562?

CVE-2013-5562 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ITM web server in Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary HTTP service outage) via a flood of TCP packets, aka Bug ID CSCuh36313.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5562?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5562?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5562 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-2013-5562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p499-hwgw-v3h8.