Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform up to 4.6(0) denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform up to 4.6(0). It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1433. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform up to 4.6(0) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple versions of Cisco ONS 15327, ONS 15454, and ONS 15454 SDH, including 4.6(0) and 4.6(1), 4.5(x), 4.1(0) to 4.1(3), 4.0(0) to 4.0(2), and earlier versions, and ONS 15600 1.x(x), allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (control card reset) via malformed (1) TCP and (2) UDP packets.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2004 with Cisco as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1433 since 02/13/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16201 (Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040721-ons)), 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.

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 (16764), Tenable (16201), SecurityFocus (BID 10768†), OSVDB (8153†) and Secunia (SA12117†). The entries VDB-768, VDB-22730, VDB-22731 and VDB-22732 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16201
Nessus Name: Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040721-ons)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1433 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1433
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22729
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X-Force: 16764
SecurityFocus: 10768 - Cisco ONS Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12117 - Cisco ONS 15000 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 8153 - Cisco ONS 15000 Series Malformed UDP DoS
Vulnerability Center: 13903 - [cisco-sa-20040721-ons] Cisco ONS Denial of Service via Malformed TCP or UDP Packets, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2015 15:50
Updated: 01/22/2025 15:27
Changes: 02/27/2015 15:50 (67), 07/13/2019 12:56 (7), 01/22/2025 15:27 (17)
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