CVE-2013-5479

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The DNS-over-TCP implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.3, when NAT is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted IPv4 DNS TCP stream, aka Bug ID CSCtn53730.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: 12.2, 15.0, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130925-nat
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130925-nat

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