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Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-12714 affects Cisco IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway management. An authenticated remote user could overload the web management interface, making normal administration unavailable. It does not indicate data theft or device compromise, but it can disrupt operational management of industrial gateway devices.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate operational resilience issue. It is not described as data compromise, but it can block management of industrial gateways. Prioritize devices supporting critical operations or exposed beyond tightly controlled administration networks.
Technical view
The flaw is improper resource management in the IC3000 web-based management interface. With low privileges and network access, an attacker can create excessive simultaneous management sessions and trigger denial of service for the interface. CVSS 3.0 is 6.5, with high availability impact and no confidentiality or integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is mainly organizations running Cisco IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway with the web management interface reachable by authenticated users over a network. Risk increases where management access is broadly available or shared credentials exist. Affected versions are unspecified in the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation. Exploitation requires authentication and network reachability to the web management interface. The described impact is management-plane denial of service, preventing normal management operations.
Researcher notes
Mapped to CWE-400 resource consumption. CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. Supplied sources do not provide affected version granularity, fixed releases, workaround details, or exploit-in-the-wild evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Review Cisco’s advisory for fixed software or official mitigation guidance.
- Restrict web management access to trusted administrative networks only.
- Audit and reduce unnecessary user accounts with management access.
- Monitor for abnormal volumes of concurrent management sessions.
- Prioritize remediation where IC3000 supports operationally critical industrial environments.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway deployments.
- Confirm whether the web management interface is network-reachable.
- Identify who has authenticated access to the management interface.
- Review logs for unusual session volume or repeated login activity.
- Check Cisco advisory guidance against deployed software versions.
Public sources used
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20191002 Cisco IC3000 Industrial Compute Gateway Denial of Service VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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