CVE-2013-6694 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Cisco IOS IPSec by sending crafted ICMP packets, dropping tunnel sessions.

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-2013-6694?

CVE-2013-6694 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 22 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IPSec implementation in Cisco IOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (MTU change and tunnel-session drop) via crafted ICMP packets, aka Bug ID CSCul29918.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6694?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6694?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6694 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-2013-6694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6x3j-7frx-v679.

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