Cisco IOS up to 12.4ja denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco IOS up to 12.4ja. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-5651. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.4ja (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) implementation in Cisco IOS 12.3 and 12.4 on Cisco Access Points and 1310 Wireless Bridges (Wireless EAP devices), IOS 12.1 and 12.2 on Cisco switches (Wired EAP devices), and CatOS 6.x through 8.x on Cisco switches allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted EAP Response Identity packet.

The bug was discovered 10/19/2007. The weakness was presented 10/23/2007 by Laurent Butti (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5651 since 10/23/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68991 (Cisco IOS Extensible Authentication Protocol Vulnerability (cisco-sr-20071019-eap)), 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 c.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37300), Tenable (68991), SecurityFocus (BID 26139†), OSVDB (40873†) and Secunia (SA27329†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 68991
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Extensible Authentication Protocol Vulnerability (cisco-sr-20071019-eap)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Laurent Butti
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-5651 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5651
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39418

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X-Force: 37300
SecurityFocus: 26139 - Cisco Multiple Products Extensible Authentication Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27329
OSVDB: 40873 - CVE-2007-5651 - Cisco - Multiple Products - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018842
Vulnerability Center: 16605 - [cisco-sr-20071019-eap] Cisco Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3566

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/28/2019 09:29
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (77), 07/28/2019 09:29 (5)
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