PT-2005-2044 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2005-04-09 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-1021

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS versions 12.0 through 12.3

Description A memory leak issue exists when authenticating against a TACACS+ server in Cisco IOS, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory via an incorrect username or password.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS versions 12.0 through 12.3, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent memory consumption attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1021

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 8

• http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Apr/1013655.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1021 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050406-ssh.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14854 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19991 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13042 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5687 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/15303 · Note