Cisco PIX TCP data field denial of service

cisco-pix-tcp-data-field-dos (25077) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Cisco PIX Firewalls could allow a temporary denial of service attack targeting new TCP connections originating from the external network. If a remote attacker sends a malicious TCP packet containing arbitrary data in the data field, the attacker could cause the firewall to temporarily prevent new connections to the targeted service running on the local system.


Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Cisco PIX Firewall 6.3
  • Cisco PIX Firewall 7.0

Reported:

Mar 07, 2006

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