Cisco IOS Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Packet Remote DoS (CSCeb56909)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17630

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote version of IOS is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing malformed MPLS packets.

If IPv6 is enabled, an attacker may exploit this flaw to prevent the router from working properly.

Solution

http://www.nessus.org/u?795df75a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17630

File Name: CSCeb56909.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/25/2005

Updated: 6/27/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: SNMP/community, SNMP/sysDesc, CISCO/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0197

BID: 12369

CWE: 16