CVE-2014-8005

Published: Nov 26, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Cisco: Ios Xr

Cisco

1 product

Ios Xr

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cisco Ios Xr	Up to 5.1.0

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (10)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005

Source: psirt@cisco.com

Vendor Advisory

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36532

Source: psirt@cisco.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71287

Source: psirt@cisco.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031262

Source: psirt@cisco.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98937

Source: psirt@cisco.com

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005