Cisco IOS Software Resource Reservation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20130327-rsvp)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65890

Synopsis

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

Description

The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) feature in Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software contains a vulnerability when used on a device that has Multiprotocol Label Switching with Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) enabled. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected device. Repeated exploitation could result in a sustained denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds available to mitigate this vulnerability.

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?83e71d5a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65890

File Name: cisco-sa-20130327-rsvp.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: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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: 4/11/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1143

BID: 58743

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20130327-rsvp

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtg39957