CVE-2014-8005
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Race condition in the lighttpd module in Cisco IOS XR 5.1 and earlier on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reload) by establishing many TCP sessions, aka Bug ID CSCuq45239.
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://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36532
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71287
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031262
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98937
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36532
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71287
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031262
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98937
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.