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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco IOS (Router Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS 12.2 and 12.4, when SSLVPN sessions, SSH sessions, or IKE encrypted nonces are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted encrypted packet, aka Bug ID CSCsq24002.
The weakness was presented 09/28/2009 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2871. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/23/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49047 (Cisco IOS Software Crafted Encryption Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability - Cisco Systems), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.
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 Tenable (49047).
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 12.2xna
- 12.2xnb
- 12.2xnc
- 12.2xnd
- 12.4md
- 12.4mr
- 12.4sw
- 12.4t
- 12.4xf
- 12.4xj
- 12.4xk
- 12.4xq
- 12.4xr
- 12.4xv
- 12.4xw
- 12.4xy
- 12.4xz
License
Support
- end of life (old version)
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 49047
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Crafted Encryption Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability - Cisco Systems
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Timeline
08/19/2009 🔍09/23/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2871 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 23560 - [cisco-sa-20090923-tls] Cisco IOS Specially Crafted Encryption Packet Remote DoS Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 36493 - Cisco IOS Specially Crafted Encryption Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/23/2021 09:52
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (54), 02/15/2017 09:17 (9), 08/23/2021 09:48 (4), 08/23/2021 09:52 (1)
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