CVE-2015-0712 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco ASR 5000 devices by sending malformed HTTP packets to the session-manager service.

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-2015-0712?

CVE-2015-0712 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The session-manager service in Cisco StarOS 12.0, 12.2(300), 14.0, and 14.0(600) on ASR 5000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service reload and packet loss) via malformed HTTP packets, aka Bug ID CSCud14217.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0712?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Staros.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0712 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-2015-0712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q89c-84wv-f79v.

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