Cisco IOS XR ICMP Memory Corruption Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1028914 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1028914
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2013-3464
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 14 2013
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Cisco IOS XR. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can send specially crafted Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages to cause the device to reload. The flaw is due to a Silicon Packet Processor (SPP) buffer corruption flaw and a mutex flaw and can be triggered by sending an extended ping with 'timeout=0' and a large packet size and then terminating the process issuing a Control-C key command.
The vendor has assigned Bug ID CSCui60347 to this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can cause the target device to reload.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-3464
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Vendor URL: tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-3464 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Message History:
None.
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