Cisco Catalyst 6500/7600 12.2SXA/12.2SXB/12.2SY VPN Services denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 7600 12.2SXA/12.2SXB/12.2SY. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component VPN Services Module. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0710. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 7600 12.2SXA/12.2SXB/12.2SY. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component VPN Services Module. 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:

IP Security VPN Services Module (VPNSM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Routers running IOS before 12.2(17b)SXA, before 12.2(17d)SXB, or before 12.2(14)SY03 could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash and reload) via a malformed Internet Key Exchange (IKE) packet.

The bug was discovered 04/08/2004. The weakness was disclosed 04/08/2004 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0710 since 07/20/2004. 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 T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12199 (Cisco IPSec VPNSM IKE Packet DoS (CSCed30113)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO, running in the context l and relying on port 161. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38428 (Cisco IOS Malformed IKE Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 12.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cisco.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15797), Tenable (12199), SecurityFocus (BID 10083†), OSVDB (5021†) and Secunia (SA11324†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 12199
Nessus Name: Cisco IPSec VPNSM IKE Packet DoS (CSCed30113)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Catalyst 6500/7600 12.2
Patch: cisco.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: http://www.cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0710 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0710
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-587

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X-Force: 15797 - Cisco 6500 and 7600 series VPNSM malformed IKE packet denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 10083 - Cisco IOS Malformed IKE Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 11324 - Cisco IPSec IKE Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 5021 - Cisco IPSec VPNSM IKE Packet DoS
SecurityTracker: 1009709
Vulnerability Center: 4163 - [cisco-sa-20040408-vpnsm] DoS in Cisco IOS on Catalyst 6500/Router 7600 via Malformed IKE Packet, High

Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2004 11:15
Updated: 07/12/2025 17:11
Changes: 04/13/2004 11:15 (92), 06/28/2019 07:54 (1), 12/16/2024 03:59 (17), 07/12/2025 17:11 (2)
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