CVE-2012-4091 (GCVE-0-2012-4091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-05 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
Summary
The RIP service engine in Cisco NX-OS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine restart) via a malformed (1) RIPv4 or (2) RIPv6 message, aka Bug ID CSCtj73415.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029159 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62838 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/98124 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Date Public
2013-10-04 00:00
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