CVE-2014-2140

Description

Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reset) via a TCP FIN attack that triggers file-descriptor exhaustion and a failure to open a CAL pipe, aka Bug ID CSCug97348.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.41%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=33680	vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2140	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2140?: CVE-2014-2140 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2140?: To fix CVE-2014-2140, 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-2014-2140 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-2140 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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