Cisco Catalyst 6000, 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series NAM (Network Analysis Module) Vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 49002

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Synopsis

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

Description

Cisco Catalyst 6000, 6500 series and Cisco 7600 series that have a Network Analysis Module installed are affected by a vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to gain complete control of the system. Only Cisco Catalyst systems that have a NAM on them are affected. This vulnerability affects systems that run Internetwork Operating System (IOS) or Catalyst Operating System (CatOS).

Cisco has made free software available to address this vulnerability for affected customers.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20070228-nam.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f70509a2

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-20070228-nam.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 49002

File Name: cisco-sa-20070228-namhttp.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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: 2/28/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1257

BID: 22751