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Cisco 10000 Series Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20110928-c10k)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56313

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Cisco 10000 Series Router is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability where an attacker could cause a device reload by sending a series of ICMP packets. Cisco has released free software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are also available.

Solution

Apply the relevant patch referenced in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20110928-c10k.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2c5fe318

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56313

File Name: cisco-sa-20110928-c10khttp.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/29/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS/Version

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3270

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20110928-c10k

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCtk62453