CVE-2012-3950
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.1
Description
The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) feature in Cisco IOS 12.3 through 12.4 and 15.0 through 15.2, in certain configurations of enabled categories and missing signatures, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via DNS packets, aka Bug ID CSCtw55976.
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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✚ 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://secunia.com/advisories/50777
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120926-ios-ips
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55695
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027580
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50777
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120926-ios-ips
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55695
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027580
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78882
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.