Cisco IOS Software IP Service Level Agreement Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20130327-ipsla)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65887

Synopsis

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

Description

The Cisco IOS Software implementation of the IP Service Level Agreement (IP SLA) feature contains a vulnerability in the validation of IP SLA packets that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. Mitigations for this vulnerability are available.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20130327-ipsla.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0689a717

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65887

File Name: cisco-sa-20130327-ipsla.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 4/10/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

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: 4/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1148

BID: 58739

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20130327-ipsla

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuc72594