Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) malformed IP packet denial of service
| cisco-ips-ip-packet-dos (27692) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Multiple Cisco IDS/IPS devices running certain versions of Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) software are vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by improper handling of malformed packets by the custom device driver for Intel-based gigabit network adapters. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed IP packet to cause an affected device to stop processing packets and become inaccessible.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20060712-ips for upgrade or workaround information. See References.
References:
- cisco-sa-20060712-ips: Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Malformed Packet Denial of Service.
- BID-18955: Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Malformed Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3596: The device driver for Intel-based gigabit network adapters in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 5.1(1) through 5.1(p1), as installed on various Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 42xx appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic and possibly network outage) via a crafted IP packet.
- OSVDB ID: 27163: Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Crafted IP Packet Remote DoS
- SA21029: Cisco IPS Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016474: Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Can Be Crashed By Remote Users
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2772: Cisco Intrusion Prevention System IP Packet Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(1)
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(1A)
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(1B)
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(1C)
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(1D)
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(1E)
- Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(P1)
Reported:
Jul 12, 2006
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