CVE-2013-6701

Summary

CVECVE-2013-6701
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-18 16:04:00 UTC
Updated2016-09-15 19:19:00 UTC
DescriptionThe tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software 9.6 and earlier does not properly prioritize health pings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (watchdog timeout and TNC reset) via a flood of network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCud97155.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.2.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.0 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.2.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software 9.6 All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ons 15454e Optical Transport Platform All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ons 15454e Optical Transport Platform All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ons 15454 Mspp All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ons 15454 Mspp All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ons 15454 Mstp All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ons 15454 Mstp All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 Sdh Multiservice Provisioning Platform All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 Sdh Multiservice Provisioning Platform All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 Sonet Multiservice Provisioning Platform All All All All
Hardware Cisco Ons 15454 Sonet Multiservice Provisioning Platform All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x CONFIRM tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco ONS 15454 TNC Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
20131217 Cisco ONS 15454 Transport Node Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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