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Cisco IOS Software Firewall Application Inspection Control Vulnerability
high Nessus Plugin ID 49018
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
Cisco IOS software configured for IOS firewall Application Inspection Control (AIC) with a HTTP configured, application-specific policy are vulnerable to a denial of service when processing a specific, malformed HTTP transit packet. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in a reload of the affected device.Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.
A mitigation for this vulnerability is available. See the 'Workarounds' section for details.
Solution
Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080924-iosfw.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 49018
File Name: cisco-sa-20080924-iosfwhttp.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
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: 9/24/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3812
BID: 31354