CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-3358

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, and 15.4 and IOS XE 3.3.xSE before 3.3.2SE, 3.3.xXO before 3.3.1XO, 3.5.xE before 3.5.2E, and 3.11.xS before 3.11.1S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed mDNS packets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to exhaust device memory, leading to interface queue blockage or device reload, which may impact service availability in the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update systems to the latest versions that address this vulnerability to minimize the risk of denial of service attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Memory leak in Cisco IOS 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, and 15.4 and IOS XE 3.3.xSE before 3.3.2SE, 3.3.xXO before 3.3.1XO, 3.5.xE before 3.5.2E, and 3.11.xS before 3.11.1S allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, and interface queue wedge or device reload) via malformed mDNS packets, aka Bug ID CSCuj58950.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS