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Cisco PIX Spoofed TCP SYN Packets Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA17670
Release Date: 2005-11-23
Last Update: 2008-06-18
Popularity: 14,936 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:Cisco PIX 6.x
Cisco PIX 7.x

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Solution:
The vendor recommends the following workaround.

1) Issue the commands "clear xlate" or "clear local-host <ip address on the higher security level interface>" to allow the firewall to pass connections again.

2) Modify the default TCP embryonic connection timeout to a lower value. e.g. 10 seconds.

3) Configure TCP Intercept to allow PIX to proxy all TCP connection attempts originated from behind any firewall interface after the first connection.

4) Cisco PIX/ASA software version 7.0 can be configured to verify TCP checksums. This will have a performance impact.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Konstantin V. Gavrilenko, Arhont Ltd

Changelog:
2005-11-24: Added CVE reference and link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2005-11-29: Updated link in "Original Advisory" section.
2006-03-08: Updated "Description" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2008-06-18: Updated vendor link in "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
Cisco:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/s...ecurity_response09186a00805b6d45.html

Arhont Ltd:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/042771.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/042772.html

Other References:
US-CERT VU#853540:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/853540

Change Page:
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