Cisco IOS IPv6 Packet Processing Arbitrary Code Execution (CSCef68324)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19771

Synopsis

The remote router contains a vulnerability which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on it.

Description

The remote version of IOS is vulnerable to a code execution attack when processing malformed IPv6 packets.

To exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to ability to send a malformed packet from a local segment and may exploit this issue to cause the remote device to reload repeatedly or to execute arbitrary code in the remote IOS.

Solution

Cisco has made a set of patches available which are listed at the address above.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19771

File Name: CSCef68324.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/22/2005

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: SNMP/community, SNMP/sysDesc, CISCO/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2451

BID: 14414

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