Cisco IOS up to 15.3 Common Industrial Protocol resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Cisco IOS 12.2/12.4/15.0/15.2/15.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Common Industrial Protocol Handler. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-0648. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS 12.2/12.4/15.0/15.2/15.3 (Router Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Common Industrial Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in Cisco IOS 12.2, 12.4, 15.0, 15.2, and 15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) TCP packets, aka Bug ID CSCun49658.

The weakness was shared 03/25/2015 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20150325-cip as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0648 since 01/07/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43439 (Cisco IOS Common Industrial Protocol Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20150325-cip)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101803), SecurityFocus (BID 73334†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031984†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49216†). The entries VDB-74113 and VDB-74115 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Unproven

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20150325-cip
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74114
X-Force: 101803 - Cisco IOS Common Industrial Protocol feature denial of service
SecurityFocus: 73334 - Cisco IOS Software Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1031984 - Cisco IOS Common Industrial Protocol Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 49216 - [cisco-sa-20150325-cip] Cisco IOS Remote DoS due to Memory Leakage via CIP Packets, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 08:51
Updated: 06/23/2017 10:38
Changes: 03/26/2015 08:51 (70), 06/23/2017 10:38 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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