Cisco CatOS up to 7.3 Embedded HTTP Server memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco CatOS up to 7.3. This affects an unknown part of the component Embedded HTTP Server. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1222. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco CatOS up to 7.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Embedded HTTP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the embedded HTTP server for Cisco Catalyst switches running CatOS 5.4 through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reset) via a long HTTP request.

The weakness was shared 10/28/2002 with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1222. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11285 (Cisco Catalyst Switches Embedded HTTP Server Long HTTP Request DoS (CSCdy26428)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO, running in the context r and relying on port 161.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11306), Exploit-DB (21944), Tenable (11285), SecurityFocus (BID 5976†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2802†). The entries VDB-7, VDB-503, VDB-15495 and VDB-16074 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 11285
Nessus Name: Cisco Catalyst Switches Embedded HTTP Server Long HTTP Request DoS (CSCdy26428)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

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

CVE: CVE-2002-1222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19109
X-Force: 11306
SecurityFocus: 5976 - Cisco CatOS CiscoView HTTP Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2802 - [cisco-sa-20021016-catos-http-overflow] Buffer Overflow in Embedded HTTP Server for Cisco Catalyst, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/30/2014 18:08
Updated: 09/24/2024 17:51
Changes: 07/30/2014 18:08 (61), 05/16/2019 16:35 (11), 09/24/2024 17:51 (16)
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