Cisco IOS up to 15.2 SNMP Object Variable resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 15.2. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component SNMP Object Handler. This manipulation as part of Variable causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-5030. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 15.2 (Router Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component SNMP Object Handler. The manipulation as part of a Variable leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco IOS before 15.2(4)S6 does not initialize an unspecified variable, which might allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, watchdog timeout, crash) by walking specific SNMP objects.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2012. The weakness was disclosed 08/02/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5030 since 09/21/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1776 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 15.2(4)S6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IOS 15.2(4)S6

Timelineinfo

09/21/2012 🔍
09/21/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2017 +1776 days 🔍
08/02/2017 +0 days 🔍
08/03/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/03/2019 +822 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-5030 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5030
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104767

Entryinfo

Created: 08/03/2017 10:09
Updated: 11/03/2019 09:27
Changes: 08/03/2017 10:09 (61), 11/03/2019 09:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:6D2:103

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