CVE-2015-4277 (GCVE-0-2015-4277)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-19 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:11
VLAI
Summary
The global-configuration implementation on Cisco ASR 9000 devices with software 5.1.3 and 5.3.0 improperly closes vty sessions after a commit/end operation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (tmp/*config file creation, memory consumption, and device hang) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCut93842.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033259 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2015-08-11 00:00
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