Cisco IOS Software Network Address Translation Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20130925-nat)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70320

Synopsis

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

Description

The Cisco IOS Software implementation of the network address translation (NAT) feature contains three vulnerabilities when translating IP packets that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities.
Workarounds that mitigate these vulnerabilities are not available.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20130925-nat.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7bdf7d81

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70320

File Name: cisco-sa-20130925-nat.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/7/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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: 9/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5479, CVE-2013-5480, CVE-2013-5481

BID: 62637, 62639, 62641