VDB-1522 · CVE-2005-0036 · BID 13729

Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor 186 DNS infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor 186. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DNS. Executing a manipulation can lead to infinite loop. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0036. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Analog Telephone Adaptor 186. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component DNS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The DNS implementation in DeleGate 8.10.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could trigger an infinite loop.

The weakness was disclosed 05/24/2005 by Dr. Steve Beaty with Metropolitan State College of Denver (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0036 since 01/07/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 13729†), OSVDB (25291†), Secunia (SA15472†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8301†). The entries VDB-1524, VDB-1520, VDB-1530 and VDB-1519 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: cisco.com

Timelineinfo

01/07/2005 🔍
05/24/2005 +137 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
06/07/2005 +14 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +207 days 🔍
07/08/2024 +6764 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Dr. Steve Beaty
Organization: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0036 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0036
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1522
SecurityFocus: 13729 - Multiple Vendor DNS Message Decompression Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 15472 - Cisco Various Products Compressed DNS Messages Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 25291
Vulnerability Center: 8301

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2005 12:31
Updated: 07/08/2024 12:30
Changes: 06/07/2005 12:31 (61), 06/08/2017 23:45 (5), 07/08/2024 12:30 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:DB7:103

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