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Vulnerabilities in SNMP Message Processing - Cisco Systems
medium Nessus Plugin ID 48974
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) Software release trains 12.0S, 12.1E, 12.2, 12.2S, 12.3, 12.3B and 12.3T may contain a vulnerability in processing SNMP requests which, if exploited, could cause the device to reload.The vulnerability is only present in certain IOS releases on Cisco routers and switches. This behavior was introduced via a code change and is resolved with CSCed68575.
This vulnerability can be remotely triggered. A successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause a reload of the device and could be exploited repeatedly to produce a denial of service (DoS).
Solution
Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20040420-snmp.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 48974
File Name: cisco-sa-20040420-snmp.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 9/1/2010
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2004
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-0714
BID: 10186