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Multiple Multicast Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software - Cisco Systems

high Nessus Plugin ID 49023

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two crafted Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) packet vulnerabilities exist in Cisco IOS software that may lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Cisco has released free software updates that address these vulnerabilities. Workarounds that mitigate these vulnerabilities are available.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20080924-multicast.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6b9faadd

http://www.nessus.org/u?d649407e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49023

File Name: cisco-sa-20080924-multicasthttp.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-2008-3808, CVE-2008-3809

BID: 31356