Cisco IOS 12.4/15.0/15.1/15.2 SIP Inspection Feature SIP Message resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco IOS 12.4/15.0/15.1/15.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SIP Inspection Feature. Performing a manipulation as part of SIP Message results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1315. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.4/15.0/15.1/15.2 (Router Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component SIP Inspection Feature. The manipulation as part of a SIP Message leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory leak in the SIP inspection feature in the Zone-Based Firewall in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, 15.1, and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device reload) via crafted transit SIP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCti46171.

The weakness was presented 03/28/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120328-zbfw as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1315 since 02/27/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58574 (Cisco IOS Software Zone-Based Firewall Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120328-zbfw)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43235 (Cisco IOS Software Zone-Based Firewall Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120328-zbfw)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (74437), Tenable (58574), SecurityFocus (BID 52753†), OSVDB (80699†) and Secunia (SA48608†). Further details are available at packetstormsecurity.org. See VDB-4979, VDB-4980, VDB-4981 and VDB-4982 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 58574
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Zone-Based Firewall Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120328-zbfw)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20120328-zbfw
Researcher: http://www.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-1315 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1315
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4983
X-Force: 74437 - Cisco IOS SIP inspection denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 52753 - Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48608 - Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80699
SecurityTracker: 1026861 - Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall IP/HTTP/H.323/SIP Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 34753 - [cisco-sa-20120328-zbfw] Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall SIP Inspection Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/02/2012 22:39
Updated: 03/22/2021 12:07
Changes: 04/02/2012 22:39 (76), 04/10/2017 12:18 (10), 03/22/2021 12:07 (3)
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