Cisco IOS up to 12.1dc denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Cisco IOS up to 12.1dc. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-3809. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco IOS up to 12.1dc (Router Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IOS 12.0 through 12.4 on Gigabit Switch Router (GSR) devices (aka 12000 Series routers) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) packet.

The bug was discovered 09/24/2008. The weakness was published 09/26/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3809 since 08/27/2008. 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 49023 (Multiple Multicast Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software - 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 43146 (Cisco IOS Software Multiple Multicast Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20080924-multicast)).

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 (45372), Tenable (49023), SecurityFocus (BID 31356†), OSVDB (48738†) and Secunia (SA31990†). Similar entries are available at VDB-44214, VDB-44213, VDB-44212 and VDB-44211. 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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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49023
Nessus Name: Multiple Multicast Vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS Software - Cisco Systems
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44210

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X-Force: 45372
SecurityFocus: 31356 - Cisco IOS Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerablities
Secunia: 31990
OSVDB: 48738 - Cisco IOS GSR PIM denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1020936
Vulnerability Center: 19572 - [cisco-sa-20080924-multicast] Cisco IOS Remote GSR Crash via Malformed PIM packets, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2670

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 15:00
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/17/2019 15:00 (13)
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