Cisco Content Engine 5.1 Networking denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Content Engine 5.1 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Networking. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0598. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Content Engine 5.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Networking. 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 RealServer RealSubscriber on Cisco devices running Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) 5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed packets.

The bug was discovered 02/24/2005. The weakness was published 02/24/2005 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0598 since 03/01/2005. 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.

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 X-Force (19469), SecurityFocus (BID 12648†), OSVDB (14122†), Secunia (SA14395†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11169†). Similar entries are available at VDB-23986, VDB-24533, VDB-24532 and VDB-24531. 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0598 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0598
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23985
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X-Force: 19469
SecurityFocus: 12648 - Cisco Application and Content Networking System Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14395 - Cisco ACNS Network Traffic Handling Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14122 - CVE-2005-0598 - Application and Content Networking System - Denial-of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11169 - [cisco-sa-20050224-acnsdos] Cisco RealServer RealSubscriber on ACNS 5.1 DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 01/23/2025 17:09
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (60), 06/16/2019 16:19 (6), 01/23/2025 17:09 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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