PT-2017-2625 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2017-08-02 · Updated 2017-08-04 · CVE-2012-5030

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.2(4)S6

Description The issue is related to the lack of initialization of an unspecified variable in Cisco IOS. This could allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, including CPU consumption, watchdog timeout, or system crash, by walking specific SNMP objects.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.2(4)S6, update to version 15.2(4)S6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to SNMP objects to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01845

CVE-2012-5030

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 3

• https://cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/15_2s/release/notes/15_2s_rel_notes/15_2s_caveats_15_2_4s.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01845 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5030 · Security Note