CVE-2015-0617 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASR 5500 SAE Gateways by sending malformed SNMP packets, leading to CPU exhaustion.

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-2015-0617?

CVE-2015-0617 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco ASR 5500 System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Gateway devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and SNMP outage) via malformed SNMP packets, aka Bug ID CSCur13393.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0617?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0617 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-2015-0617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-33g8-ghxc-wjh9.

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