PT-2014-2290 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2014-04-23 · Updated 2014-04-23 · CVE-2012-5014

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.1(2)SY

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a device crash. This can be achieved by establishing an SSH session from a client and then placing this client into a slow or idle state.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.1(2)SY, update to version 15.1(2)SY or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting SSH access to trusted clients and monitoring SSH sessions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5014

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5014 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/15-1SY/release_notes.pdf · Note