Denial of Service in Cisco IOS on Catalyst 6500 and 7600 Devices
CVE-2012-5037

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 April 2014

Summary

The ACL implementation in Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.1(1)SY on Catalyst 6500 and 7600 devices is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. Local users can exploit this vulnerability by issuing a 'no object-group' command, which, followed by an object-group command, causes the device to unexpectedly reload. This issue poses a risk of service interruption for network operations.

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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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