Multiple DLSw Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS - Cisco Systems

high Nessus Plugin ID 49010

Synopsis

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

Description

Cisco IOS contains multiple vulnerabilities in the Data-link Switching (DLSw) feature that may result in a reload or memory leaks when processing specially crafted UDP or IP Protocol 91 packets.

Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. Workarounds are available to mitigate the effects of these vulnerabilities.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080326-dlsw.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?402b55bb

http://www.nessus.org/u?a3f40782

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49010

File Name: cisco-sa-20080326-dlswhttp.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: 3/26/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1152

BID: 28465

CWE: 399

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20080326-dlsw

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCsk73104