Cisco IOS Software Tunneled Traffic Queue Wedge Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20120926-c10k-tunnels)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62371

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

Cisco IOS Software contains a queue wedge vulnerability that can be triggered when processing IP tunneled packets. Only Cisco IOS Software running on the Cisco 10000 Series router has been demonstrated to be affected. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may prevent traffic from transiting the affected interfaces. Cisco has released free software updates that addresses this vulnerability. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20120926-c10k-tunnels.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a5eae369

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62371

File Name: cisco-sa-20120926-c10k-tunnels.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/28/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4620