PT-2008-4181 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2008-09-24 · Updated 2022-06-02 · CVE-2008-2739

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS versions 12.3 through 12.4

Description The vulnerability in the SERVICE.DNS signature engine of the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in Cisco IOS may cause a router to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service condition, when processing certain IPS signatures via network traffic.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS versions 12.3 through 12.4, update to a version that includes the software updates released by Cisco to address this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing the workaround provided by Cisco for this vulnerability.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2739

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2739 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20080924-iosips · Vendor Advisory
• http://cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01556.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31990 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6058 · Note