VDB-1530 · CVE-2005-0036 · BID 13729

Cisco 2800 Content Engine denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco 2800 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Content Engine Module. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0036. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco 2800 (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component Content Engine Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on 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 published 05/24/2005 by Dr. Steve Beaty with Metropolitan State College of Denver (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0036 since 01/07/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1524, VDB-1520, VDB-1519 and VDB-1533. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: 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-100-1530
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 20:44
Changes: 06/07/2005 12:31 (54), 11/30/2015 09:43 (5), 03/11/2021 13:24 (8), 07/08/2024 20:44 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:7EF:103

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