CVE-2011-4016 (GCVE-0-2011-4016)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-05-02 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:53
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Summary
The PPP implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 15.0 through 15.2, when Point-to-Point Termination and Aggregation (PTA) and L2TP are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via crafted network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCtf71673.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/15_1/release/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027005 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2012-02-23 00:00
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