Denial of Service Vulnerability in Cisco ONS 15454 Transport Node Controller
CVE-2013-6701

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Key Information:

Vendor: Cisco
Status: Cisco Ons 15454 System Software; Ons 15454 Mspp; Ons 15454 Mstp; Ons 15454e Optical Transport Platform
Vendor: CVE Published:; 18 December 2013

What is CVE-2013-6701?

The Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices exhibits a vulnerability due to improper prioritization of health pings in the tNetTaskLimit process. This flaw enables remote attackers to overwhelm the system with excessive network traffic, thereby triggering a denial of service. The result may include a watchdog timeout and subsequent reset of the TNC, severely impacting network performance and stability.

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