VDB-1532 · CVE-2005-0036 · BID 13729

Cisco 3700 Content Engine denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco 3700. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Content Engine Module. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0036. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco 3700 (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Content Engine Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is 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 shared for download at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0036 since 01/07/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly 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†). The entries VDB-1524, VDB-1520, VDB-1530 and VDB-1519 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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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-100-1532
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 23:37
Changes: 06/07/2005 12:31 (54), 11/30/2015 09:43 (5), 03/11/2021 13:32 (8), 07/08/2024 23:37 (15)
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