VDB-52368 · CVE-2010-0581 · BID 38933

Cisco IOS 12.3yt memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.3yt (Router Operating System). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the SIP implementation in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SIP message, aka Bug ID CSCsz89904, the "SIP Packet Parsing Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was presented 03/25/2010 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0581. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 09/05/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49054 (Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100324-sip)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43176 (Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100324-sip)).

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 (49054). See 4115 and 52367 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 49054
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20100324-sip)
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Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
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CVE: CVE-2010-0581 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 25149 - [cisco-sa-20100324-sip] Cisco IOS SIP Message Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 38933 - Cisco IOS SIP Message (CVE-2010-0581) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/05/2021 18:45
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (54), 02/22/2017 10:44 (9), 09/05/2021 18:38 (3), 09/05/2021 18:45 (1)
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