Cisco IOS 12.2 HTTP GET Request memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco IOS 12.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0647. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.2 (Router Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the HTTP server for Cisco IOS 12.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an extremely long (2GB) HTTP GET request.

The bug was discovered 07/31/2003. The weakness was presented 07/30/2003 by FX with Phenoelit (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0647 since 08/04/2003. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at phenoelit.de. 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 17787 (Cisco IOS Software Overly Long GET Request Causes Buffer Overflow in HTTP Server), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43054 (Cisco IOS 2GB HTTP GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12784), Exploit-DB (77), Tenable (17787), SecurityFocus (BID 8373†) and OSVDB (2342†). Further details are available at cisco.com. See VDB-201 for similar entry. 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: 17787
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Software Overly Long GET Request Causes Buffer Overflow in HTTP Server
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cisco.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: FX
Organization: Phenoelit
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0647 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213
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X-Force: 12784
SecurityFocus: 8373 - Cisco IOS 2GB HTTP GET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 9397 - Cisco IOS Long HTTP Request Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 2342 - Cisco IOS Long HTTP GET Request Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 1710 - [cisco-sn-20030730-ios-2gb-get] Buffer Overflow in Cisco IOS HTTP Server via Long HTTP Requests, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2003 15:37
Updated: 07/15/2024 17:15
Changes: 07/31/2003 15:37 (93), 06/26/2019 10:41 (3), 07/15/2024 17:15 (17)
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