CVE-2012-4651 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS versions prior to 15.3(2)T when the scansafe feature is enabled. An attacker can exploit this by sending SYN packets not followed by SYN-ACK packets from the Scan Safe Tower, leading to network latency. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 15.3\(3\)m2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.3\(2\)sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.3\(2\)s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.3\(3\)mCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.3\(3\)m:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.3\(3\)m1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:15.3\(3\)m1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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