Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2 Measurement/Aggregation/Correlation Engine Feature Message resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Measurement/Aggregation/Correlation Engine. This manipulation as part of Feature Message causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-1312. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco IOS 15.1/15.2 (Router Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Measurement/Aggregation/Correlation Engine. The manipulation as part of a Feature Message 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:

The MACE feature in Cisco IOS 15.1 and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted transit traffic, aka Bug IDs CSCtq64987 and CSCtu57226.

The weakness was disclosed 03/28/2012 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20120328-mace as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1312 since 02/27/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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 and running in the context l. 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 (74429), Tenable (58567), SecurityFocus (BID 52751†), OSVDB (80703†) and Secunia (SA48595†). Additional details are provided at packetstormsecurity.org. The entries VDB-4979, VDB-4980, VDB-4981 and VDB-4982 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: 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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

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

CVE: CVE-2012-1312 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1312
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4987
X-Force: 74429 - Cisco IOS MACE 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: 80703
SecurityTracker: 1026862 - Cisco IOS Bugs in Traffic Optimization Features Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34747 - [cisco-sa-20120328-mace] Cisco IOS MACE Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 04/02/2012 22:44
Updated: 03/22/2021 12:31
Changes: 04/02/2012 22:44 (79), 04/10/2017 12:16 (10), 03/22/2021 12:31 (3)
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