CVE-2012-4091 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine restart) via a malformed (1) RIPv4 or (2) RIPv6 message, aka Bug ID CSCtj73415.

Published: 2013-10-05

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% 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:nx-os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2012-4035	The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine restart) via a malformed (1) RIPv4 or (2) RIPv6 message, aka Bug ID CSCtj73415.

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 Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01444.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/98124
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62838
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029159
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87669

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Nx-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2013-10-05T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:07.094Z

Reserved: 2012-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4091

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-05T10:55:03.323

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

Link: CVE-2012-4091

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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