Cisco IOS up to 12.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco IOS up to 12.4. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3806. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.4 (Router Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 on Cisco 10000, uBR10012 and uBR7200 series devices handles external UDP packets that are sent to 127.0.0.0/8 addresses intended for IPC communication within the device, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device or linecard reload) via crafted UDP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3805.

The bug was discovered 09/24/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/26/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3806 since 08/27/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49020 (Cisco 10000, uBR10012, uBR7200 Series Devices IPC 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 43295 (Cisco Devices IPC Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20080924-ipc)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. 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 (45592), Tenable (49020), SecurityFocus (BID 31363†), OSVDB (48740†) and Secunia (SA31990†). The entries VDB-44214, VDB-44213, VDB-44212 and VDB-44211 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 49020
Nessus Name: Cisco 10000, uBR10012, uBR7200 Series Devices IPC Vulnerability - Cisco Systems
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09/26/2008 +2 days 🔍
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09/01/2010 +703 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +1658 days 🔍
08/02/2021 +2330 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3806 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3806
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44207

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X-Force: 45592
SecurityFocus: 31363
Secunia: 31990
OSVDB: 48740 - Cisco IOS UDP IPC communication denial of service variant 1
Vulnerability Center: 19588 - [cisco-sa-20080924-ipc] Cisco 10000, uBR10012 and uBR7200 Series Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/02/2021 09:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (63), 08/17/2019 16:25 (9), 08/02/2021 09:46 (4)
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