Cisco IOS Mobile IP and Mobile IPv6 denial of service

ios-mobile-dos (49424) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Cisco IOS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by multiple unspecified errors when the Mobile IPv6 or Mobile IP NAT Traversal feature is enabled. By sending specially-crafted MIPv6 packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the device to stop processing traffic.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 7.8
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 5.8
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Refer to cisco-sa-20090325-mobileip for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • cisco-sa-20090325-mobileip: Cisco IOS Software Mobile IP and Mobile IPv6 Vulnerabilities.
  • BID-34241: Cisco IOS Mobile IP/Mobile IPv6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerablities
  • CVE-2009-0633: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the (1) Mobile IP NAT Traversal feature and (2) Mobile IPv6 subsystem in Cisco IOS 12.3 through 12.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (input queue wedge and interface outage) via MIPv6 packets, aka Bug ID CSCsm97220.
  • OSVDB ID: 53128: Cisco IOS Mobile IPv6 Subsystem MIPv6 Packet Handling Remote DoS
  • OSVDB ID: 53129: Cisco IOS Mobile IP NAT Traversal MIPv6 Packet Handling Remote DoS
  • SA34438: Cisco IOS Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1021898: Cisco IOS Mobile IP NAT or Mobile IPv6 Inteface Blocking Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-0851: Cisco IOS Multiple Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Issues

Platforms Affected:

  • Cisco IOS 12.3
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 BC
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 BW
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 JK
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 B
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 Jec
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 Jea
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 Jeb
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 EU
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 JA
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 JX
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XD
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 T
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XC
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 Tpc
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 JL
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 VA
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XE
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XB
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XA
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XI
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XJ
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XH
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XG
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XR
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XQ
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XK
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XS
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XU
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XF
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YK
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YJ
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YI
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YA
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XY
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 XW
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YH
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YG
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YF
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YD
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YM
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YU
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YT
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YS
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YQ
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YX
  • Cisco IOS 12.3 YZ
  • Cisco IOS 12.4
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XK
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 MR
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 SW
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 JA
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 JK
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 Jma
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 Jmb
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 Jmc
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 JX
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 T
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XA
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XB
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XC
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XD
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XF
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XE
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XJ
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 XG
  • Cisco IOS 12.4 MD

Reported:

Mar 25, 2009

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