{"cve":"CVE-2013-6701","nvd":{"published":"2013-12-18T16:04:34.350","modified":"2026-06-17T00:00:49.480","status":"Modified","description":"The tNetTaskLimit process on the Transport Node Controller (TNC) on Cisco ONS 15454 devices with software 9.6 and earlier does not properly prioritize health pings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (watchdog timeout and TNC reset) via a flood of network traffic, aka Bug ID CSCud97155.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6701","http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32200","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029512","http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6701","http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32200"],"products":["cisco:cisco_ons_15454_system_software","cisco:ons_15454","cisco:ons_15454_mspp","cisco:ons_15454_mstp","cisco:ons_15454_multiservice_transport_platform","cisco:ons_15454_sdh_multiservice_provisioning_platform","cisco:ons_15454_sonet_multiservice_provisioning_platform","cisco:ons_15454e_optical_transport_platform"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-6701","score":0.0186,"percentile":0.79239,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}