Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-0577 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Cisco IOS

047910
CVSS 7.1 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
cisco
CWE-399
nessus

Summary

Cisco IOS 12.2 through 12.4, when certain PMTUD, SNAT, or window-size configurations are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and device reload or hang) via a TCP segment with crafted options, aka Bug ID CSCsz75186.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Cisco
136

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCISCO
NASL idCISCO-SA-20100324-TCPHTTP.NASL
descriptionCisco IOS Software is affected by a denial of service vulnerability that may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause an affected device to reload or hang. The vulnerability may be triggered by a TCP segment containing crafted TCP options that is received during the TCP session establishment phase. In addition to specific, crafted TCP options, the device must have a special configuration to be affected by this vulnerability. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability.
last seen2019-10-28
modified2010-09-01
plugin id49055
published2010-09-01
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titleCisco IOS Software Crafted TCP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20100324-tcp)