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Cisco Catalyst HTTP Server Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA7318
Release Date: 2002-10-16
Popularity: 5,747 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Cisco CATOS 5.x
Cisco CATOS 6.x
Cisco CATOS 7.x

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Description:
Cisco Catalyst Switches that support CiscoView network management software are vulnerable to a remotely exploitable buffer overflow.

This includes version 5.4 to 7.3 with "cv" in the image name (CiscoView compatibility).

Requesting a long URL causes a buffer overflow which software resets the switch, this can easily be used to cause a Denial of Service, the switch will recover automatically.

The webserver is disabled by default.

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