Cisco Content Services Switch 11500 11000/11500 DNS Server denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Content Services Switch 11500 11000/11500. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component DNS Server. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-1132. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Content Services Switch 11500 11000/11500. This affects an unknown code block of the component DNS Server. 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:

The DNS server for Cisco Content Service Switch (CSS) 11000 and 11500, when prompted for a nonexistent AAAA record, responds with response code 3 (NXDOMAIN or "Name Error") instead of response code 0 ("No Error"), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (inaccessible domain) by forcing other DNS servers to send and cache a request for a AAAA record to the vulnerable server.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2003. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2003 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1132 since 04/21/2005. 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 280 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (16639†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11203†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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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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Timelineinfo

03/26/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +280 days 🔍
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04/21/2005 +477 days 🔍
04/24/2006 +368 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3042 days 🔍
07/16/2024 +3616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1132 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1132
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21117
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OSVDB: 16639 - Multiple Name Server, DoS via DNS Requests for Nonexistent Records.
Vulnerability Center: 11203 - [cisco-sa-20030430-dns] Cisco CSS DoS via Request to AAAA Record, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:26
Updated: 07/16/2024 02:26
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:26 (53), 06/16/2019 17:12 (4), 07/16/2024 02:26 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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