CVE-2013-5545

high
Published 2013-10-31 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The PPTP ALG implementation in Cisco IOS XE 3.9 before 3.9.2S on 1000 ASR devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending many PPTP packets over NAT, aka Bug ID CSCuh19936.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20131030-asr1000

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.