CVE-2001-0861

Description

Cisco 12000 with IOS 12.0 and line cards based on Engine 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by flooding the router with traffic that generates a large number of ICMP Unreachable replies.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.91% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-018.shtml	third party advisory government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7536	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/794	vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/GSR-unreachables-pub.shtml	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3534	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-0861?: CVE-2001-0861 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-0861?: To fix CVE-2001-0861, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-0861 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2001-0861 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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