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Cisco Security Agent for Linux Port Scan Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA22574
Release Date: 2006-10-26
Last Update: 2006-10-31
Popularity: 10,106 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 4.x
Cisco Security Agent (CSA) 5.x
Cisco Unified Communications Manager 5.x
Cisco Unified Presence Server 1.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco Security Agent for Linux, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the detection of port scans. This can be exploited to stop the Cisco Security Agent (CSA) from responding due to excessive resource consumption by starting a port scan with certain options.

The vulnerability is reported in CSA 4.5 for Linux prior to Hotfix 4.5.1.657, CSA 5.0 for Linux prior to Hotfix 5.0.0.193, and in the standalone CSA shipped with Cisco Unified CallManager (CUCM) 5.0 versions including 5.0(4), and Cisco Unified Presence Server (CUPS) 1.0 versions including 1.0(2).

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