CVE-2012-3079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco IOS 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing many IPv6 neighbors, aka Bug ID CSCtn78957.

Published: 2012-09-16

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2012-3057	Cisco IOS 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by establishing many IPv6 neighbors, aka Bug ID CSCtn78957.

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 0.00427.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/release/notes/caveats_SXI_rebuilds.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78921

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2012-09-16T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.375Z

Reserved: 2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3079

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-16T10:34:50.550

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

Link: CVE-2012-3079

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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