CVE-2014-2140 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards by exhausting file descriptors via TCP FIN attacks.
- 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-2014-2140?
CVE-2014-2140 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reset) via a TCP FIN attack that triggers file-descriptor exhaustion and a failure to open a CAL pipe, aka Bug ID CSCug97348.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2140?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software, Cisco Ons 15454.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2140?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2140 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-2014-2140 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2140 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vfp2-gqx8-p8jq.