Cisco Gss 4492r Global Site Selector up to 3.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Gss 4492r Global Site Selector up to 3.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-3819. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Gss 4492r Global Site Selector up to 3.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

dnsserver in Cisco Application Control Engine Global Site Selector (GSS) before 3.0(1) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a series of crafted DNS requests, aka Bug ID CSCsj70093.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2009. The weakness was published 01/08/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3819 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68961 (Cisco Global Site Selector Appliances DNS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20090107-gss)), 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 43160 (Cisco Global Site Selector Appliances DNS Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.0(1) 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 (47787), Tenable (68961), SecurityFocus (BID 33152†), OSVDB (51262†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021530†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 68961
Nessus Name: Cisco Global Site Selector Appliances DNS Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20090107-gss)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gss 4492r Global Site Selector 3.0(1)

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3819 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3819
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45815

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X-Force: 47787
SecurityFocus: 33152 - Cisco Global Site Selector DNS Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 51262 - Cisco Global Site Selector DNS requests denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1021530
Vulnerability Center: 20458 - [cisco-sa-20090107-gss] Cisco Global Site Selector < 3.0(1) Remote DoS via Crafted DNS requests, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/26/2025 06:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (68), 08/23/2019 16:32 (9), 05/26/2025 06:46 (18)
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