Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router vty Session Closing Bug Lets Local Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1033259 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1033259
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-4277
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 12 2015
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): ASR 9000 Series; 5.1.3, 5.3.0
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers. A local user can consume excessive memory on the target system.
A local user can exploit a flaw in the closing of vty sessions to create an excessive number of 'tmp/*config' files and consume excessive memory resources on the system. As a result, the system will become unresponsive.
The vendor has assigned bug ID CSCut93842 to this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can consume excessive memory resources to cause the target system to become unresponsive.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39939
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Vendor URL: tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=39939 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Resource error
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Message History:
None.
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