CVE-2013-5565 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the OSPFv3 process in Cisco IOS XR by sending a malformed LSA Type-1 packet, 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-2013-5565?

CVE-2013-5565 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 8 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The OSPFv3 functionality in Cisco IOS XR 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a malformed LSA Type-1 packet, aka Bug ID CSCuj82176.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5565?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5565?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5565 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-2013-5565 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5565 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xvpg-w2c9-f32f.

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