PT-2008-5152 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2008-09-24 · Updated 2022-06-02 · CVE-2008-3798

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 version 12.4

Description A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (device crash) via a normal, properly formed SSL packet that occurs during termination of an SSL session. This can happen during the termination of an SSL-based session. The offending packet is not malformed and is normally received as part of the packet exchange.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS version 12.4, update to a newer version that addresses this issue, as Cisco has released software updates that fix the vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling affected services to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3798

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 7

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20080924-ssl · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3798 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a0146c.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020930 · Note
• 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%3A6087 · Note