PT-2019-3340 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

Published 2019-09-25 · Updated 2020-10-08 · CVE-2019-12659

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XE Software (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a logical error in the logging mechanism of the HTTP server in Cisco IOS XE Software. This could allow a remote attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash by generating a high amount of long-lived connections to the HTTP service on the device.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03447

CVE-2019-12659

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12659 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03447 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190925-httpserv-dos · Vendor Advisory