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Cisco IOS Software Internet Key Exchange Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability - Cisco Systems

high Nessus Plugin ID 49044

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Synopsis

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

Description

Cisco IOS devices that are configured for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol and certificate based authentication are vulnerable to a resource exhaustion attack. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in the allocation of all available Phase 1 security associations (SA) and prevent the establishment of new IPsec sessions.
 Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20090923-ipsec.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ab223fe

http://www.nessus.org/u?18367fb5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49044

File Name: cisco-sa-20090923-ipsechttp.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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: 9/23/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2868

BID: 36497