CVE-2008-1151

high

Description

Memory leak in the virtual private dial-up network (VPDN) component in Cisco IOS before 12.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of PPTP sessions, related to "dead memory" that remains allocated after process termination, aka bug ID CSCsj58566.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5287

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41483

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1006/references

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087B.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28460

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080969862.shtml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019714

http://secunia.com/advisories/29507

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-03-27

Updated: 2017-09-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High