PT-2013-6087 · Cisco · Cisco Ons 15454

Published 2013-12-18 · Updated 2016-09-15 · CVE-2013-6701

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software versions prior to 9.6

Description The issue is related to the tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) which does not properly prioritize health pings. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a watchdog timeout and TNC reset, via a flood of network traffic.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.6, update to a version later than 9.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-6701

Affected Products

Cisco Ons 15454

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6701 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32200 · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6701 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1029512 · Note