Cisco HTTP Interface Long Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:5615

Info

Cisco HTTP Interface Long Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5615
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2002-1093
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 03 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 03:56PM
Credit: Vulnerability announced in a Cisco Security Advisory.
Vulnerable: Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0.3 (A)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 2.5.2 (F)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 2.5.2 (D)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 2.5.2 (C)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 2.5.2 (B)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 2.5.2 (A)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 2.0
Not Vulnerable: Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.6.1
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.6
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.5.5
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.5.4
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.5.3
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.5.2
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.5.1
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.5 (Rel)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.1.4
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.1.2
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.1.1
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.1 (Rel)
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0.4
Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0.3 (B)

Discussion

Cisco HTTP Interface Long Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrators are a family of products for
facilitating secure communications via VPN (Virtual Private Networks).

It has been discovered that under some circumstances, it is possible to cause a resource consumption issue on a VPN Concentrator that can result in a denial of service. By placing a malicious HTTP request to a vulnerable system, the system becomes unstable.

Exploit / POC

Cisco HTTP Interface Long Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Cisco HTTP Interface Long Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Cisco has released fixes which address this issue. For Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client, this issue is addressed in versions 3.5.5 and 3.6.1 of the firmware.


Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0

Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator 3.0.3 (A)

References

Cisco HTTP Interface Long Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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