Cisco Route Switch Processor Rsp720 memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Route Switch Processor Rsp720. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0537. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Route Switch Processor Rsp720. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Supervisor Engine 32 (Sup32), Supervisor Engine 720 (Sup720), and Route Switch Processor 720 (RSP720) for multiple Cisco products, when using Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN and OSPF sham-link, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked queue, device restart, or memory leak) via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2008. The weakness was shared 03/27/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0537 since 01/31/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 49014 (Vulnerability in Cisco IOS with OSPF, MPLS VPN, and Supervisor 32, Supervisor 720, or Route Switch Processor 720), 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 43134 (Cisco IOS OSPF, MPLS VPN, and Supervisor 32, Supervisor 720, or Route Switch Processor 720 Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20080326-queue)).

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 (41466), Tenable (49014), SecurityFocus (BID 28463†), OSVDB (43789†) and Secunia (SA29559†). The entries VDB-41726, VDB-41725, VDB-41724 and VDB-41716 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 49014
Nessus Name: Vulnerability in Cisco IOS with OSPF, MPLS VPN, and Supervisor 32, Supervisor 720, or Route Switch Processor 720
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0537 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0537
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41714
X-Force: 41466
SecurityFocus: 28463 - Cisco IOS With OSPF, MPLS VPN, Sup32, Sup720 or RSP720 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29559 - Cisco IOS Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 43789 - Cisco - IOS With OSPF - MPLS VPN - Sup32 - Sup720 or RSP720 - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019716
Vulnerability Center: 18027 - [cisco-sa-20080326-queue] Cisco Catalyst Devices with Cisco IOS Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1005

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/01/2025 15:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (74), 08/07/2019 18:47 (5), 06/01/2025 15:54 (18)
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