CVE-2001-0861 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco 12000 series routers running IOS 12.0 with Engine 2 or earlier line cards. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by flooding the router with traffic, causing it to generate excessive ICMP Unreachable replies, leading to high CPU utilization. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:12000_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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