CVE-2014-8005 Race condition in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco IOS XR devices by establishing many TCP sessions, triggering a race condition in the lighttpd module.
- 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-2014-8005?
CVE-2014-8005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xr, published on 26 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in the lighttpd module in Cisco IOS XR 5.1 and earlier on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reload) by establishing many TCP sessions, aka Bug ID CSCuq45239.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xr.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-8005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8005 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-9446-w3xx-qr8h.