CVE-2012-5723 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco ASR 1000 series devices running software versions prior to 3.8S, specifically when BDI routing is enabled. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending crafted broadcast or multicast ICMP packets with fragmentation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating a medium severity, with an adjacent network attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.7s\(.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.0sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6.0s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.1sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2sCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6.2s:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6s\(.0\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.6s\(.0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.