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CVE-2013-6701

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
18/12/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software 9.6 and earlier does not properly prioritize health pings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (watchdog timeout and TNC reset) via a flood of network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCud97155.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software:9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ons_15454_mspp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ons_15454_mstp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ons_15454e_optical_transport_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ons_15454:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ons_15454_multiservice_transport_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ons_15454_sdh_multiservice_provisioning_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ons_15454_sonet_multiservice_provisioning_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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