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Cisco IOS Software Tunnels Vulnerability - Cisco Systems

high Nessus Plugin ID 49048

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Synopsis

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

Description

Cisco devices running affected versions of Cisco IOS Software are vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack if configured for IP tunnels and Cisco Express Forwarding.
 Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e98e0949

http://www.nessus.org/u?b5e695a6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49048

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

Version: 1.22

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2010

Updated: 12/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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-2009-2872, CVE-2009-2873

BID: 36500