CVE-2014-2144 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause IPv4 and IPv6 transit outages by sending crafted ICMPv6 redirect packets to Cisco IOS XR devices.
- 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-2014-2144?
CVE-2014-2144 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 5 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS XR does not properly throttle ICMPv6 redirect packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IPv4 and IPv6 transit outage) via crafted redirect messages, aka Bug ID CSCum14266.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2144?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xr.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2144?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2144 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-2014-2144 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2144 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2020-3118 Cisco IOS XR Software Discovery Protocol Format String
- CVE-2020-3569 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2020-3566 Cisco IOS XR Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion
- CVE-2010-3035 Cisco IOS XR Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service
- CVE-2022-20821 Cisco IOS XR Open Port
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hcwx-2mmv-p6v8.