CVE-2008-2739

high

Description

The SERVICE.DNS signature engine in the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash or hang) via network traffic that triggers unspecified IPS signatures, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31990

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01556.shtml

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High