Buffer overflow in Cisco iOS Xr

CVE-2013-3464

Cisco IOS XR allows local users to cause a denial of service (Silicon Packet Processor memory corruption, improper mutex handling, and device reload) by starting an outbound flood of large ICMP Echo Request packets and stopping this with a CTRL-C sequence, aka Bug ID CSCui60347.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Cisco Ios_xr — versions 2.0\(.0\), 3.0\(.0\), 3.0\(.1\)
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)