CVE-2013-5469 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2013-08-30

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-5309	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00746.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Cisco Ios

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2013-08-30T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:15:20.255Z

Reserved: 2013-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5469

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-08-30T20:55:08.737

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-5469

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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