CVE-2014-3379 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco NCS 6000 devices by sending malformed MPLS packets, requiring vendor patches.

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-2014-3379?

CVE-2014-3379 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 20 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco IOS XR 5.1 and earlier on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NPU and card hang or reload) via a malformed MPLS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuq10466.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3379?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Cisco Ios Xr, Cisco Network Convergence System 6000, Cisco Network Convergence System 6008.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3379 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-2014-3379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xr vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qw4q-mjmj-xfqp.

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