CVE-2012-4617 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the BGP implementation of Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a malformed BGP attribute to a peer, leading to multiple connection resets. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.5.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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