Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SG4 on Catalyst 4500 SNMP resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SG4 on Catalyst 4500. This affects an unknown part of the component SNMP. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2015-0687. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SG4 on Catalyst 4500 (Router Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component SNMP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The SNMP implementation in Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SG4 on Catalyst 4500 devices, when single-switch Virtual Switching System (VSS) is configured, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by performing SNMP polling, aka Bug ID CSCuq04574.

The weakness was shared 04/03/2015 with Cisco as 38194 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-0687 since 01/07/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting no snmp-server. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (102124), SecurityFocus (BID 73891†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032022†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49322†). 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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OpenVAS ID: 800316
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Catalyst 4500 SNMP Polling Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Patch
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Config: no snmp-server

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 38194
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0687 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0687
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74604
X-Force: 102124 - Cisco Catalyst 4500 SNMP denial of service
SecurityFocus: 73891 - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series CVE-2015-0687 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032022 - Cisco Catalyst 4500 SNMP Polling Error Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 49322 - Cisco IOS 15.1(2)SG4 and 15.2(1.1) on Catalyst 4500 devices Remote DoS via SNMP Polling, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2015 10:47
Updated: 06/24/2017 09:36
Changes: 04/03/2015 10:47 (69), 06/24/2017 09:36 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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