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Cisco 11500 Content Services Switch HTTP Compression Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19552
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Release Date:
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2006-04-06
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Last Update:
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2006-04-10
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Popularity:
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6,985 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Cisco Content Services Switch 11500 Series
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1631
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco 11500 Content Services Switch, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the HTTP compression functionality when processing HTTP requests. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable device to reload by sending a valid, but obsolete, or specially crafted HTTP request.
Successful exploitation requires that the network device has been configured for HTTP compression.
Solution:
Update to version 8.10.1.6.
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/css11500-maint?psrtdcat20e2
Disable HTTP compression.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-04-10: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060405-css.shtml
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