PT-2008-5163 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2008-09-24 · Updated 2022-06-02 · CVE-2008-3809

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 12.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) packet. Two crafted PIM packet vulnerabilities exist in Cisco IOS software that may lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS versions 12.0 through 12.4, update to a version that addresses these vulnerabilities, as software updates have been released by Cisco. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing workarounds that mitigate these vulnerabilities, which are available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3809

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 9

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20080924-multicast · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3809 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01491.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31356 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31990 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5477 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020936 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670 · Note