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Cisco Catalyst Content Switching Module Memory Leak Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30223
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Release Date:
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2008-05-15
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Popularity:
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2,864 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Cisco Catalyst Content Switching Module (CSM) 4.x
Cisco Catalyst Content Switching Module with SSL (CSM-S) 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco Catalyst Content Switching Module (CSM) and Cisco Catalyst Content Switching Module with SSL (CSM-S), which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a memory leak error when processing TCP segments with a specific combination of TCP flags and can be exploited to cause a DoS.
Successful exploitation requires that CSM or CSM-S is configured for layer 7 load balancing.
The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* CSM 4.2(3), 4.2(3a), 4.2(4), 4.2(5), 4.2(6), 4.2(7), and 4.2(8)
* CSM-S 2.1(2), 2.1(3), 2.1(4), 2.1(5), 2.1(6), and 2.1(7)
Change Page:
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