PT-2008-5166 · Cisco · Cisco Ios

Published 2008-09-24 · Updated 2022-06-02 · CVE-2008-3812

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 version 12.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a malformed HTTP transit packet when IOS firewall Application Inspection Control (AIC) with HTTP Deep Packet Inspection is enabled. Successful exploitation may result in a reload of the affected device.

Recommendations For Cisco IOS version 12.4, update to a version that includes the software updates released by Cisco to address this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the HTTP Deep Packet Inspection feature in the IOS firewall Application Inspection Control (AIC) until a patch is available. Restrict access to the device to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3812

Affected Products

Cisco Ios

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3812 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20080924-iosfw · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=16661 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01545.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31990 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020929 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5302 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31354 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2670 · Note