CVE-2014-8005

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Published Nov 26, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Race condition in the lighttpd module in Cisco IOS XR 5.1 and earlier on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reload) by establishing many TCP sessions, aka Bug ID CSCuq45239.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-7854	Race condition in the lighttpd module in Cisco IOS XR 5.1 and earlier on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reload) by establishing many TCP sessions, aka Bug ID CSCuq45239.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.191% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36532
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71287
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031262
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98937

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Ios Xr

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: Nov 26, 2014, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:10 PM
Reserved: Oct 8, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 26, 2014, 2:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:16 AM

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