Cisco CatOS up to 6.1(2) Spanning Tree Protocol Storm denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco CatOS up to 6.1(2). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Spanning Tree Protocol Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service (Storm). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2001-0429. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco CatOS up to 6.1(2). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Spanning Tree Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (Storm). 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switches 6.1(2) and earlier will forward an 802.1x frame on a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked port, which causes a network storm and a denial of service.

The weakness was released 07/02/2001 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0429. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10980 (Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series Frame STP Port Broadcast DoS (CSCdt62732)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO, running in the context l and relying on port 161.

Upgrading to version 6.1(3) eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6379), Tenable (10980), SecurityFocus (BID 2604†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2067†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Storm
Class: Denial of service / Storm
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 10980
Nessus Name: Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series Frame STP Port Broadcast DoS (CSCdt62732)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CatOS 6.1(3)

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04/16/2001 🔍
07/02/2001 +77 days 🔍
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06/05/2002 +338 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0429 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16941
X-Force: 6379 - Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switch 802.1x denial of service
SecurityFocus: 2604 - Cisco Catalyst 802.1x Frame Forwarding Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2067 - [cisco-sa-20010413-cat5k-8021x] DoS in Cisco Catalyst 5000 series switches <= 6.1(2), Medium

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Created: 07/05/2014 01:12
Updated: 05/12/2019 20:40
Changes: 07/05/2014 01:12 (42), 05/12/2019 20:40 (28)
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