National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3273
Original release date:10/03/2011
Last revised:05/14/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.1, when IPS or Zone-Based Firewall (aka ZBFW) is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or device crash) via vectors that trigger many session creation flows, aka Bug ID CSCti79848.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CISCO
Name: 20110928 Cisco IOS Software IPS and Zone-Based Firewall Vulnerabilities
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24123
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)