CVE-2008-2172

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2172
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-13 22:20:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in Hitachi GR routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped session) via crafted BGP UPDATE messages, leading to route flapping, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-6372.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Hitachi Gr2000 All All All All
Hardware Hitachi Gr2000 1b All All All
Hardware Hitachi Gr2000 2b All All All
Hardware Hitachi Gr2000 2b\+ All All All
Hardware Hitachi Gr2000 bh All All All
Hardware Hitachi Gr3000 All All All All
Hardware Hitachi Gr4000 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#929656 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Hitachi Information for VU#929656 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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