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Cisco IOS TCP Listener Crafted Packets Remote DoS (CSCek37177)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24744

Synopsis

It is possible to crash the remote device remotely.

Description

The remote CISCO switch runs a version of IOS contains a flaw which may cause the remote router to crash when processing specially malformed TCP packets.

An attacker might use these flaws to crash this router remotely.

Solution

http://www.nessus.org/u?1885e120

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24744

File Name: CSCek37177.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/1/2007

Updated: 6/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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: 1/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0479

BID: 22208