CVE-2013-5469
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.1
Description
The TCP implementation in Cisco IOS does not properly implement the transitions from the ESTABLISHED state to the CLOSED state, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood of ACK packets) via a crafted series of ACK and FIN packets, aka Bug ID CSCtz14399.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://osvdb.org/96764
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5469
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62083
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028969
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86794
- http://osvdb.org/96764
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5469
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62083
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028969
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86794
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.