CVE-2011-4016 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The PPP implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.2, when Point-to-Point Termination and Aggregation (PTA) and L2TP are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtf71673.

Published: 2012-05-02

Score: 5.4 Medium

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:12.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.0:::::::*
	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-2011-3969	The PPP implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.2, when Point-to-Point Termination and Aggregation (PTA) and L2TP are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtf71673.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00503.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_1/release/notes/151-2TCAVS.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027005

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.612Z

Reserved: 2011-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4016

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-02T10:09:21.817

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

Link: CVE-2011-4016

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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