Cisco IOS up to 12.x IPv6 Stack resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco IOS up to 12.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IPv6 Stack. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-4671. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco IOS up to 12.x (Router Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component IPv6 Stack. 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:

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package, aka Bug ID CSCti33534.

The weakness was shared 01/07/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-4671. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43207 (Cisco IOS Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 12.1%2820%29ew4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64589), SecurityFocus (BID 45760†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29055†). The entries VDB-55971, VDB-55970, VDB-55968 and VDB-55953 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IOS 12.1%2820%29ew4

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01/06/2011 🔍
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01/11/2011 +4 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4671 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4671
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55939
X-Force: 64589
SecurityFocus: 45760 - Multiple Vendors IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router Advertisement Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 29055 - ND Protocol Implementation in the Ipv6 Stack in Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA5 Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/08/2021 02:45
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (53), 03/13/2017 09:42 (9), 10/08/2021 02:45 (4)
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