Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2 Wide Area Application Services Express Feature Message resource management

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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Wide Area Application Services. The manipulation as part of Express Feature Message results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-1314. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2 (Router Operating System). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Wide Area Application Services. The manipulation as part of a Express Feature Message leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
The WAAS Express feature in Cisco IOS 15.1 and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device reload) via crafted transit traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtt45381.
The weakness was released 03/28/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120328-mace as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-1314 since 02/27/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58567 (Cisco IOS Software Traffic Optimization Features Multiple DoS), 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 43230 (Cisco IOS Software Traffic Optimization Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120328-mace)).
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 (74428), Tenable (58567), SecurityFocus (BID 52751†), OSVDB (80702†) and Secunia (SA48595†). Further details are available at packetstormsecurity.org. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4979, VDB-4980, VDB-4981 and VDB-4982. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 58567
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Traffic Optimization Features Multiple DoS
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20120328-mace
Researcher: http://www.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2012-1314 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1314
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4986
X-Force: 74428 - Cisco IOS WAAS denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 52751 - Cisco IOS WAAS and MACE Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48595 - Cisco IOS WAAS and MACE Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80702
SecurityTracker: 1026862 - Cisco IOS Bugs in Traffic Optimization Features Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34745 - [cisco-sa-20120328-mace] Cisco IOS WAAS Express Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
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Entry
Created: 04/02/2012 22:43Updated: 03/22/2021 12:27
Changes: 04/02/2012 22:43 (76), 04/10/2017 12:15 (10), 03/22/2021 12:27 (3)
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