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Malformed SNMP Message-Handling Vulnerabilities - Cisco Systems

critical Nessus Plugin ID 48963

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple Cisco products contain vulnerabilities in the processing of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages. The vulnerabilities can be repeatedly exploited to produce a denial of service. In most cases, workarounds are available that may mitigate the impact. These vulnerabilities are identified by various groups as VU#617947, VU#107186, OUSPG #0100, CVE-2002-0012, and CVE-2002-0013.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20020212-snmp-msgs.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?37a437c5

http://www.nessus.org/u?7bb2923b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 48963

File Name: cisco-sa-20020212-snmp-msgshttp.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: 2/12/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0012, CVE-2002-0053

BID: 4088