The Flex-VPN load-balancing feature in the ipsec-ikev2 implementation in Cisco IOS before 15.1(1)SY3 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to trigger the forwarding of VPN traffic to an attacker-controlled destination, or the discarding of this traffic, by arranging for an arbitrary device to become a cluster member, aka Bug ID CSCub93641.
CVE-2012-5032 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from cisco organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2014-04-23T11:52:59.167
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.4 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
10.0
4.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | cisco | ios | ≤ 15.1\(1\)sy2 | Yes |
| Operating System | cisco | ios | 15.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | cisco | ios | 15.1\(1\)sy | Yes |
| Operating System | cisco | ios | 15.1\(1\)sy1 | Yes |
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