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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2013-5476

Severity High
Score 7.8/10

Summary

The Zone-Based Firewall (ZFW) feature in Cisco IOS 15.1 through 15.2, when content filtering or HTTP ALG inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload or hang) via crafted IPv4 HTTP traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtx56174.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published