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Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20120926-nat)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62375

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation (NAT) feature contains two denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the translation of IP packets. The vulnerabilities are caused when packets in transit on the vulnerable device require translation. Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20120926-nat.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?97b2e3bb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62375

File Name: cisco-sa-20120926-nat.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/28/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4618, CVE-2012-4619

BID: 55693, 55705