vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2019-12659: Cisco IOS XE Software HTTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 25, 2019
Added
Feb 7, 2020
Modified
Apr 8, 2024

Description

A vulnerability in the HTTP server code of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash. The vulnerability is due to a logical error in the logging mechanism. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a high amount of long-lived connections to the HTTP service on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the HTTP server to crash.

Solution

cisco-xe-upgrade-latest
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