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CVE-2013-6701

The tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software 9.6 and earlier does not properly prioritize health pings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (watchdog timeout and TNC reset) via a flood of network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCud97155.

Published

2013-12-18T16:04:34.350

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.0 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.1 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.2 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.2.1 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.2.2 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.3 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.4 Yes
Operating System cisco cisco_ons_15454_system_software 9.6 Yes
Operating System cisco ons_15454_mspp * Yes
Operating System cisco ons_15454_mstp * Yes
Operating System cisco ons_15454e_optical_transport_platform * Yes
Hardware cisco ons_15454 * Yes
Hardware cisco ons_15454_multiservice_transport_platform * Yes
Hardware cisco ons_15454_sdh_multiservice_provisioning_platform * Yes
Hardware cisco ons_15454_sonet_multiservice_provisioning_platform * Yes
References