CVE-2013-6705 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service and device reload in Cisco IOS via crafted ARP packets if IP Device Tracking is enabled.

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-2013-6705?

CVE-2013-6705 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 3 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The IP Device Tracking (IPDT) feature in Cisco IOS and IOS XE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPDT AVL corruption and device reload) via a crafted sequence of ARP packets, aka Bug ID CSCuh38133.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6705?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6705 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-2013-6705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-x66w-w38m-xf63.

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