Cisco Ons 15454 System Software
CVE-2014-2141
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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1DescriptionCVE.org
The session-termination functionality on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier does not initialize an unspecified pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (card reset) via crafted session-close actions, aka Bug ID CSCug97416.
AnalysisAI
The session-termination functionality on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier does not initialize an unspecified pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. The session-termination functionality on Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier does not initialize an unspecified pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (card reset) via crafted session-close actions, aka Bug ID CSCug97416. Affected products include: Cisco Cisco Ons 15454 System Software, Cisco Ons 15454.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
The tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software 9.6 and earlie
Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flas
Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 9.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card
Cisco ONS 15454 controller cards with software 10.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (car
Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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