CVE-2012-4617 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-4617

The BGP implementation in Cisco IOS 15.2, IOS XE 3.5.xS...

Vulnerability Description

The BGP implementation in Cisco IOS 15.2, IOS XE 3.5.xS before 3.5.2S, and IOS XR 4.1.0 through 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (multiple connection resets) by leveraging a peer relationship and sending a malformed attribute, aka Bug IDs CSCtt35379, CSCty58300, CSCtz63248, and CSCtz62914.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ios, ios xe, ios xr
Vulnerable Versions:
15.2, 3.5.0s, 3.5.1s, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2

Timeline

Official Publish: September 27th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.