Cisco IOS up to 15.0 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 15.0 (Router Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) via an MVPNv6 update, aka Bug ID CSCty89224.

The weakness was released 09/16/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3895 since 07/10/2012. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2017).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (78872). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 60673 and 62289.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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07/10/2012 🔍
07/10/2012 +0 days 🔍
09/16/2012 +68 days 🔍
09/16/2012 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2012 +21 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +898 days 🔍
04/17/2017 +755 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3895 (🔍)
X-Force: 78872
Vulnerability Center: 36367 - Cisco IOS 15.0 - 15.3 Allows Remote DoS via an MVPNv6 Update, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 04/17/2017 11:52
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (46), 04/17/2017 11:52 (9)
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