CVE-2013-6686 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Cisco IOS SSL VPN by sending crafted DTLS packets, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-6686?
CVE-2013-6686 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 16 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SSL VPN implementation in Cisco IOS 15.3(1)T2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (interface queue wedge) via crafted DTLS packets in an SSL session, aka Bug IDs CSCuh97409 and CSCud90568.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6686?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6686?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6686 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-2013-6686 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6686 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-7467-v6r8-xmjw.