Cisco Catalyst 4500E 3.2.xXO Network Packet resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Catalyst 4500E 3.2.xXO. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation as part of Network Packet leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4622. 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 4500E 3.2.xXO. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation as part of a Network Packet leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IOS XE 03.02.00.XO.15.0(2)XO on Catalyst 4500E series switches, when a Supervisor Engine 7L-E card is installed, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (card reload) via malformed packets that trigger uncorrected ECC error messages, aka Bug ID CSCty88456.

The weakness was disclosed 09/26/2012 as cisco-sa-20120926-ecc as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4622 since 08/24/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67204 (Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch with Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 7L-E Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20120926-ecc)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 3.3.0.SG eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78886), Tenable (67204), SecurityFocus (BID 55701†), OSVDB (85821†) and Secunia (SA50776†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 67204
Nessus Name: Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch with Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 7L-E Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20120926-ecc)
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Upgrade: Catalyst 4500E 3.3.0.SG

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20120926-ecc
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-4622 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4622
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6572

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X-Force: 78886 - Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 55701 - Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch CVE-2012-4622 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 50776 - Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Switch Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 85821
SecurityTracker: 1027573 - Cisco Catalyst Switch Unspecified Packet Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 36254 - [cisco-sa-20120926-ecc] Cisco Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2012 18:07
Updated: 04/14/2021 15:09
Changes: 10/01/2012 18:07 (80), 04/17/2017 11:26 (6), 04/14/2021 15:09 (3)
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