CVE-2014-3263 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service and device reload on Cisco IOS routers by sending malicious HTTPS 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-2014-3263?

CVE-2014-3263 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 16 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ScanSafe module in Cisco IOS 15.3(3)M allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via HTTPS packets that require tower processing, aka Bug ID CSCum97038.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3263?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3263?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3263 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-2014-3263 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3263 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pxx5-vxcm-5v5q.

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