VDB-58801 · CVE-2011-0939 · BID 49825

Cisco IOS XE up to 2.5.1 denial of service

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7.5	$5k-$25k	0.00

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco IOS XE up to 2.5.1 (Router Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco IOS 12.4, 15.0, and 15.1, and IOS XE 2.5.x through 3.2.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted SIP message, aka Bug ID CSCth03022.

The weakness was released 10/03/2011 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0939 since 02/10/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/21/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56319 (Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20110928-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 43215 (Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20110928-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 (56319). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 59260, 58809 and 58805.

Productinfo

Type

Router Operating System

Vendor

Cisco

Name

IOS XE

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life (old version)

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 56319
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20110928-sip)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/10/2011 🔍
09/28/2011 +230 days 🔍
09/28/2011 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2011 +1 days 🔍
10/02/2011 +3 days 🔍
10/03/2011 +1 days 🔍
10/03/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1267 days 🔍
11/21/2021 +2434 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0939 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 33367 - [cisco-sa-20110928-sip] Cisco IOS SIP Memory Leak Remote DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0939), High
SecurityFocus: 49825 - Cisco IOS SIP Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/21/2021 00:55
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (55), 04/07/2017 18:27 (12), 11/21/2021 00:55 (2)
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