Cisco Catalyst SSH Large Packet CPU Consumption DoS (CSCdv85279, CSCdw59394)

high Nessus Plugin ID 11382

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

It is possible to make the remote CatOS crash when sending malformed SSH packets.

This vulnerability is documented with the CISCO bug ID CSCdv85279 and CSCdw59394

Solution

http://www.nessus.org/u?7641e722

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11382

File Name: CSCdv85279.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/14/2003

Updated: 6/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: SNMP/community, SNMP/sysDesc, CISCO/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1024

BID: 5114

CWE: 399