Cisco IOS OSPF Neighbor Announcement Overflow DoS (Bug ID CSCdp58462)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2201

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) implementation in the remote Cisco IOS software versions is vulnerable to a denial of service if it receives a flood of neighbor announcements in which more than 255 hosts try to establish a neighbor relationship per interface. An attacker may use this flaw to prevent the router from working properly. This vulnerability is documented as Cisco Bug ID CSCdp58462.

Solution

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-20030221-ospf.shtml

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2201

Family: SNMP

Published: 9/3/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11283

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:W/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0100

BID: 6895