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Cisco ONS 15454 Controller Card Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20140407-CVE-2014-2142 · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco ONS15454 controller cards could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the control card to reset. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of the HTTP URI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific HTTP requests to the node. An exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a reload of the controller card. Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability in a security notice and released software updates. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker may need access to trusted, internal networks, in which the targeted device may reside, to send HTTP request to the device. This access requirement may reduce the possibility of a successful exploit.

Cisco advisory · CSAF JSON

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to apply the appropriate updates.

Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.

Administrators can help protect affected systems from external attacks by using a solid firewall strategy.

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2014-2142
Cisco Bug IDsCSCun06870
CVSS ScoreBase 5.0
Base 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
Product Names From Source
Cisco ONS 15454 System Software

Related Products

Product CVE Evidence
Cisco ONS 15454 System Software CVE-2014-2142 Cisco OpenVuln