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CVE-2012-4620 (GCVE-0-2012-4620)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:42
VLAI
Summary
Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.2 on Cisco 10000 series routers, when a tunnel interface exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (interface queue wedge) via tunneled (1) GRE/IP, (2) IPIP, or (3) IPv6 in IPv4 packets, aka Bug ID CSCts66808.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027578 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55696 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2012-09-26 00:00
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