# CVE-2013-6700: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco IOS XR by sending a specific SNMP request, requiring vendor patches.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Nov 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v42f-88m3-q965

## What is CVE-2013-6700?

CVE-2013-6700 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 29 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The SNMP module in Cisco IOS XR allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reload) via a request for an unspecified MIB, aka Bug ID CSCuh43144.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6700?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Ios Xr.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-6700?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6700 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-6700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xr

- [CVE-2020-3118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3118/): Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-3569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3569/): Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-3566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3566/): Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3035/): Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-20821](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20821/): Cisco IOS XR Open Port (medium 6.5, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6700 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-6700 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 29 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Ios Xr. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6700/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6700/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6700
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6700
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-6700

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6700/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.