Cisco CNS Network Registrar Central Configuration Management denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco CNS Network Registrar Central Configuration Management up to 6.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The lock manager in Cisco CNS Network Registrar 6.0 through 6.1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a certain "unexpected packet sequence."

The bug was discovered 12/02/2004. The weakness was released 01/10/2005 by Qualys Security Research Team with Qualys Security Research Team (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1164 since 12/09/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38340 (Cisco CNS Network Registrar Denial of Service Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (18328). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 23725.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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12/09/2004 +7 days 🔍
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05/29/2019 +1541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Qualys Security Research Team
Organization: Qualys Security Research Team
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1164 (🔍)
X-Force: 18328
Vulnerability Center: 6827 - DoS in Cisco CNS Network Registrar via Lock Manager, High
SecurityFocus: 11793 - Cisco CNS Network Registrar DNS and DHCP Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 12181 - Cisco - CNS Network Registrar - DNS and DHCP Server Remote Denial of Service Issues

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Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 05/29/2019 11:04
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (65), 05/29/2019 11:04 (3)
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