CVE-2011-2578 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.1 and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via malformed SIP packets on a NAT interface, aka Bug ID CSCts12366.

Published: 2012-05-02

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2561	Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.1 and 15.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via malformed SIP packets on a NAT interface, aka Bug ID CSCts12366.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00602.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_1/release/notes/151-4MCAVS.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75338

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2012-05-02T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.112Z

Reserved: 2011-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2578

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-02T10:09:21.097

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2578

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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