CVE-2015-0746 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 22 May 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Cisco ACS by flooding the REST API with requests, requiring a patch to mitigate.

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-2015-0746?

CVE-2015-0746 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The REST API in Cisco Access Control Server (ACS) 5.5(0.46.2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (API outage) by sending many requests, aka Bug ID CSCut62022.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0746?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Secure Access Control Server.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0746 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-2015-0746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j2wv-q8m5-mxcf.