CVE-2012-4079 (GCVE-0-2012-4079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-26 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI
Summary
The XML API service in the Fabric Interconnect component in Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (API service outage) via a malformed XML document in a packet, aka Bug ID CSCtg48206.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://secunia.com/advisories/54879 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2013-09-25 00:00
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