IOS Stack Group Bidding Protocol Crafted Packet DoS - Cisco Systems

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The Cisco IOS Stack Group Bidding Protocol (SGBP) feature in certain versions of Cisco IOS software is vulnerable to a remotely-exploitable denial of service condition. Devices that do not support or have not enabled the SGBP protocol are not affected by this vulnerability.
Cisco has made free software available to address this vulnerability for affected customers. There are workarounds available to mitigate the effects of the vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20060118-sgbp.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?313f78ef

http://www.nessus.org/u?493824c7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 48992

File Name: cisco-sa-20060118-sgbphttp.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

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: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0340

BID: 16303

CWE: 20

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20060118-sgbp

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCsb11124