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Secunia Advisory SA21974

Cisco IOS DOCSIS Community String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA21974
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Release Date 2006-09-21
Last Update 2006-10-16
   
Popularity 13,021 views
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Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact System access
Where From local network
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Operating System
Cisco IOS 12.x
Cisco IOS R12.x

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2006-4950 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is due to an error, which inadvertently enables an additional read-write community string for DOCSIS-compliant cable-capable devices when the device is configured for SNMP management. This may be exploited to gain full control of the device.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following devices running Cisco IOS:
* Cisco IAD2430 Integrated Access Device
* Cisco IAD2431 Integrated Access Device
* Cisco IAD2432 Integrated Access Device
* Cisco VG224 Analog Phone Gateway
* Cisco MWR 1900 Mobile Wireless Edge Router
* Cisco MWR 1941 Mobile Wireless Edge Router


Solution
Fixes are available (see patch matrix in vendor advisory).
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060920-docsis.shtml

Other references
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Deep Links
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