Cisco CBOS 2.3.8 ICMP Echo denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco CBOS 2.3.8 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ICMP Echo Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2001-0754. No exploit exists. It is suggested to use restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco CBOS 2.3.8. This affects an unknown part of the component ICMP Echo Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco CBOS 2.3.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of large ICMP ECHO REPLY (ping) packets, which cause it to enter ROMMON mode and stop forwarding packets.

The bug was discovered 05/22/2001. The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0754. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 149 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling . Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 27.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7298), OSVDB (5541†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11366†). The entries VDB-17514, VDB-17515 and VDB-17516 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

05/22/2001 🔍
10/18/2001 +149 days 🔍
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05/09/2006 +1664 days 🔍
07/09/2014 +2983 days 🔍
06/17/2019 +1804 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0754 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0754
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17517
X-Force: 7298
OSVDB: 5541 - CVE-2001-0754 - Cisco - CBOS - Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11366 - [cisco-sa-20010522-cbos] Cisco CBOS DoS via Large Ping Packets, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 17:25
Updated: 06/17/2019 16:14
Changes: 07/09/2014 17:25 (57), 06/17/2019 16:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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