Cisco IOS up to 12.x resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.x. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-5038. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS up to 12.x (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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:

Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.

The weakness was released 01/07/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-5038. 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 (64682), SecurityFocus (BID 45764†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29050†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-55971, VDB-55970, VDB-55968 and VDB-55953. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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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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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

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

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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-2009-5038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-5038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55951
X-Force: 64682
SecurityFocus: 45764 - Cisco IOS IRC server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 29050 - Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA Remote DoS Vulnerability via an Attempted Connection to an IRC Server, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/11/2021 08:10
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (52), 03/13/2017 09:41 (9), 10/11/2021 08:10 (4)
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