Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	6082
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2002-1557
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 31 2002 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 11 2009 06:06PM
Credit:	This issue was reported in a Cisco Security Advisory.
Vulnerable:	Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 3.3 Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 3.2 .0 Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 3.1 .0 Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 3.0 Cisco ONS 15327 3.3 Cisco ONS 15327 3.2 Cisco ONS 15327 3.1 Cisco ONS 15327 3.0
Not Vulnerable:	Cisco ONS 15454 Optical Transport Platform 3.4 Cisco ONS 15327 3.4

Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

It is possible to cause a denial of service on TCC, TCC+, TCCi or XTC control cards by sending an HTTP request beginning with a character other than '/'.

An attacker must be able to establish an HTTP connection to the control card in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes addressing the issue.

Further details about obtaining necessary fixes can be found in the Cisco advisory.

Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

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