CVE-2013-6701
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6701
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32200
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029512
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6701
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32200
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029512
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.