Cisco IOS 12.2 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.2. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-1151. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco IOS 12.2 (Router Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory leak in the virtual private dial-up network (VPDN) component in Cisco IOS before 12.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of PPTP sessions, related to "dead memory" that remains allocated after process termination, aka bug ID CSCsj58566.

The bug was discovered 03/26/2008. The weakness was published 03/27/2008 by Martin Kluge (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1151 since 03/05/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49013 (Cisco IOS Virtual Private Dial-up Network Denial of Service Vulnerability - Cisco Systems), 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 43141 (Cisco IOS Virtual Private Dial-up Network Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 12.2 eliminates this vulnerability. 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 (41483), Tenable (49013), SecurityFocus (BID 28460†), OSVDB (43795†) and Secunia (SA29507†). Similar entries are available at VDB-41726, VDB-41724, VDB-41716 and VDB-41715. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49013
Nessus Name: Cisco IOS Virtual Private Dial-up Network Denial of Service Vulnerability - Cisco Systems
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IOS 12.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Martin Kluge
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1151 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1151
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41725

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X-Force: 41483
SecurityFocus: 28460 - Cisco IOS Virtual Private Dial-up Network Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29507 - Cisco IOS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 43795 - CVE-2008-1151 - Cisco - IOS - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019714
Vulnerability Center: 18028 - [cisco-sa-20080326-pptp] Cisco IOS VPDN Allows Memory Leak via PPTP Connections, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1006

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 18:52
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (80), 08/07/2019 18:52 (4)
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