Cisco IOS OSM Line Card Header Corruption

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17779

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied patch.

Description

The Optical Service Module (OSM) Line Cards installed in Catalyst 6500 or Cisco 7600 chassis are vulnerable a denial of service attack upon receiving a specifically constructed or corrupted packet from the local network.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20021211-osm-lc-ios.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f52ce6b8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17779

File Name: cisco-sa-20021211-osm-lc-ios.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/10/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/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: 12/11/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-2239

BID: 6358

CWE: 20

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20021211-osm-lc-ios

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCdy29717