CVE-2009-5038

Published Jan 7, 2011

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: Cisco IOS before 15.0(1)XA does not properly handle IRC traffic during a specific time period after an initial reload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via an attempted connection to a certain IRC server, related to a "corrupted magic value," aka Bug ID CSCso05336.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "671746C5-0637-43B7-AF80-A82F6FF6376C",
            "versionEndExcluding": "15.0\\(1\\)xa"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References