CVE-2014-2183 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS XE ASR 1000 routers by sending malformed L2TP packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-2183?
CVE-2014-2183 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 29 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The L2TP module in Cisco IOS XE 3.10S(.2) and earlier on ASR 1000 routers allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (ESP card reload) via a malformed L2TP packet, aka Bug ID CSCun09973.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2183?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Cisco Asr 1001, Cisco Asr 1002, Cisco Asr 1002-X, Cisco Asr 1002 Fixed Router, Cisco Asr 1004, Cisco Asr 1006 and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2183?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2183 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-2014-2183 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2183 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xe
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g543-f6ff-6mj2.