PT-2012-4469 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2012-09-16 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3079

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS version 12.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming CPU resources through the establishment of many IPv6 neighbors.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS version 12.2, consider restricting the establishment of IPv6 neighbors to prevent CPU consumption and denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3079

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3079 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/release/notes/caveats_SXI_rebuilds.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78921 · Note