CVE-2014-2113 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service and device reload on Cisco IOS devices by sending malformed IPv6 packets.

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-2014-2113?

CVE-2014-2113 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 27 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS 15.1 through 15.3 and IOS XE 3.3 and 3.5 before 3.5.2E; 3.7 before 3.7.5S; and 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10 before 3.10.2S allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (I/O memory consumption and device reload) via a malformed IPv6 packet, aka Bug ID CSCui59540.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2113?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Ios, Cisco Ios Xe.

How do I fix CVE-2014-2113?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2113 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-2014-2113 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2113 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-2xwj-cxrx-46h4.

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